Heptapylos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Heptăpylos, on (-os,

c. , -on , n.), adj., = ἑπτάπυλος, seven-gated , an epithet of the city of Thebes: Thebas Heptapylos accessimus, Ap. Met. 4, 9, 10.—Also in Latinized form: Cadmus Thebas Heptapylas condidit, Hyg. F. 275.