Hecatompylus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates. === Proper noun === Hecatompylus (historical) A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-i Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛ.kaˈtɔm.py.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.kaˈtɔm.pi.lus] === Proper noun === Hecatompylus f sg (genitive Hecatompylī); second declension (historical) Hecatompylus (a city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-i Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Hecatompylus French: Hécatompyle Italian: Ecatompilo === Further reading === “Hĕcătompўlos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.