"πύελος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πύελος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pý.e.los/, /ˈpy.e.los/, /ˈpi.e.los/, /pý.e.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpy.e.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpy.e.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpy.e.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpi.e.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek but it has also been compared with πλύνω (plúnō, “to wash, clean”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|πῠ́ελος|πῠέλου|f|second}} πῠ́ελος • (pŭ́elos) f (genitive πῠέλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πῠ́ελος|ου|form=F-full}} Forms: πῠ́ελος [canonical], pŭ́elos [romanization], πῠέλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ πῠ́ελος [nominative, singular], πῠέλω [dual, nominative], αἱ πῠ́ελοι [nominative, plural], τῆς πῠέλου [genitive, singular], πῠέλοιν [dual, genitive], πῠέλων [genitive, plural], τῇ πῠέλῳ [dative, singular], πῠέλοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πῠέλοις [dative, plural], τὴν πῠ́ελον [accusative, singular], πῠέλω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πῠέλους [accusative, plural], πῠ́ελε [singular, vocative], πῠέλω [dual, vocative], πῠ́ελοι [plural, vocative], πύαλος [alternative]
  1. trough for feeding animals
    bathtub
    Sense id: en-πύελος-grc-noun-lvM4JLj1
  2. trough for feeding animals
    vat, kitchen boiler
    Sense id: en-πύελος-grc-noun-6B57nkWE
  3. trough for feeding animals
    coffin
    Sense id: en-πύελος-grc-noun-TM2qEaWN Categories (other): Bathing Disambiguation of Bathing: 16 22 28 18 16
  4. trough for feeding animals
    (anatomy) infundibulum
    Sense id: en-πύελος-grc-noun-OPPbntdz Categories (other): Anatomy, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Containers Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 16 35 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 11 20 23 34 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 18 18 26 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 17 32 17 Disambiguation of Containers: 16 16 16 36 16 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  5. trough for feeding animals
    Sense id: en-πύελος-grc-noun-T1PN8fEi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: λουτήρ (loutḗr), ἀσάμινθος (asáminthos) Derived forms: πυέλιον (puélion), πυελίς (puelís), πυελώδης (puelṓdēs)
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        {
          "english": "They say that they will seize the bathtubs in your bathroom.",
          "ref": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1060",
          "roman": "tàs puélous phēsìn katalḗpsesth en balaneíōi.",
          "text": "τὰς πυέλους φησὶν καταλήψεσθʼ ἐν βαλανείῳ."
        }
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        {
          "english": "Scanning around, I saw geese in the halls,\nfeeding on wheat besides a through, where [they did] always before.",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.552–553",
          "roman": "puròn ereptoménous parà púelon, hêkhi páros per.",
          "text": "παπτήνασα δὲ χῆνας ἐνὶ μεγάροισ’ ἐνόησα\nπυρὸν ἐρεπτομένους παρὰ πύελον, ἧχι πάρος περ.\npaptḗnasa dè khênas enì megárois’ enóēsa"
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    {
      "ipa": "/pý.e.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.e.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pý.e.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.e.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "loutḗr",
      "word": "λουτήρ"
    },
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      "roman": "asáminthos",
      "word": "ἀσάμινθος"
    }
  ],
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}
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        {
          "english": "They say that they will seize the bathtubs in your bathroom.",
          "ref": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1060",
          "roman": "tàs puélous phēsìn katalḗpsesth en balaneíōi.",
          "text": "τὰς πυέλους φησὶν καταλήψεσθʼ ἐν βαλανείῳ."
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        "trough for feeding animals",
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        "trough for feeding animals",
        "coffin"
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          "animal",
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Scanning around, I saw geese in the halls,\nfeeding on wheat besides a through, where [they did] always before.",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.552–553",
          "roman": "puròn ereptoménous parà púelon, hêkhi páros per.",
          "text": "παπτήνασα δὲ χῆνας ἐνὶ μεγάροισ’ ἐνόησα\nπυρὸν ἐρεπτομένους παρὰ πύελον, ἧχι πάρος περ.\npaptḗnasa dè khênas enì megárois’ enóēsa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trough for feeding animals"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trough",
          "trough"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pý.e.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.e.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pý.e.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpy.e.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.e.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "loutḗr",
      "word": "λουτήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "asáminthos",
      "word": "ἀσάμινθος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πύελος"
}

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  "msg": "''trough for feeding animals'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "πύελος"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "πύελος",
  "trace": ""
}

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