πυλαωρός

• 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. (πυλᾰ-sorwó- (cf. ἐρύω (B)) became πυλᾰ-(h)ορ(ϝ)ό-, πυλᾰορό-, πυλωρό-, then Ep. πυλᾰωρό- (with -ω- taken from the contr. form): πυλᾰ-(h)ορ(ϝ)ό- also became πυλαυρός, πυλευρός (qq. v.), and πυλαουρός (v.l. in Il. 24.681), πυλαορός (v.l. in 21.530).)

ὁ

[πύλη + ὀρ-, ὄρομαι.]

He that watches the gate, a gate-keeper Il. 21.530, Il. 24.681.

• keeping the gate, a gate-keeper, Il. (Altered, to suit the Epic metre, from πυλαορός, cf. τιμάορος, τιμωρός, and v. οὖρος custos.)