πῠλωρ-ός,ὁ,
A. gate-keeper, warder, porter, A. Th. 621 ;π. πύργων, ναῶν, E. Tr. 956 , IT 1227 (troch.); Ἅιδου κύων
Id. HF 1277
: as fem., ἡ π. δωμάτων γυνή
Id. IT 1153
: in Prose, Aen.Tact. 28.2 , al., LXX Ne. 7.1 , al., Ph. 2.216 ; of the guards of the Propylaea at Athens, IG 22.2297 : metaph.,τοῖον πυλωρὸν φύλακα . . τροφῆςsuch awatchfulguardian of thy life, S. Aj. 562 ;κακοὺς π. ὑμᾶς, ὦ Κορίνθιοι, ἡ Πελοπόννησος ἔχειProv. ap. Plu. 2.221f .
II. Medic.,pylorusorlower orifice of the stomach, οἷον π. τις
Gal. UP 4.7
, cf. Nat.Fac. 3.4 , Cels. 4.1.7 , Ruf. Onom. 169 , Id. ap. Orib. 7.26.34 .
2. π.,ἡ ,os uteri, Ps.-Democr. ap. Hp. Ep. 23 . (Cf.πυλαωρός.)