πυλαωρός

A. gate-keeper, Il. 21.530, 24.681, A.R. 3.747; of Odysseus in the Wooden Horse, Tryph. 201; [κύνας] πυλαωρούς Il. 22.69 (quoted ap. Arr. Epict. 3.22.80, but θυραωρούς Aristarch.); π. Πλούτωνος Κέρβερος AP 7.319. (πυλα‐ sorwó- (cf. ἐρύω (B)) became πυλα‐(j)οῥv)ό‐, πυλαορό‐, πυλωρό‐, then Ep. πυλαωρό‐ (with ‐ω‐ taken from the contr. form): πυλα‐(j)οῥv)ό‐ also became πυλαυρός, πυλευρός (qq. v.), and πυλαουρός (v.l. in Il. 24.681), πυλαορός (v.l. in 21.530).)