πῠλωρ-ός, ὁ,
gate-keeper, warder, porter, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 621 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. πύργων, ναῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 956, “IT” 1227 (troch.); Ἅιδου κύων [prev. author] “HF” 1277: as _feminine_, ἡ π. δωμάτων γυνή [prev. author] “IT” 1153: in Prose, 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 28.2, +others, LXX.Neh.7.1, +others, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.216 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; of the guards of the Propylaea at Athens, [[ “IG” 22.2297: _metaphorically_, τοῖον πυλωρὸν φύλακα.. τροφῆς] Refs] such a watchful guardian of thy life, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 562 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακοὺς π. ὑμᾶς, ὦ Κορίνθιοι, ἡ Πελοπόννησος ἔχει Prov. cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.221f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II in Medicine texts, pylorus or lower orifice of the stomach, οἷον π. τις [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 4.7, compare “Nat.Fac.” 3.4, 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 4.1.7, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 169, [prev. author] cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.26.34. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 π., ἡ, os uteri, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista cited in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 23. (Cf. πυλαωρός.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]