Pylae, ārum, f., = Πύλαι (gates, gateways).
I In gen., a narrow pass , defile : Tauri, between Cappadocia and Cilicia , Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2; called also Amanicae, Curt. 3, 8, 13; 3, 4, 2: Susides, in Persia , id. 5, 3, 17: Caspiae, Mel. 1, 15.—
II In partic., the Pass of Thermopylae , Liv. 32, 4; 36, 15. —Hence,
B Pylăĭcus , a, um, adj., Thermopylaean : concilium, the congress of the Greeks at Thermopylae , Liv. 31, 32; called also Pylaicus conventus, id. 33, 35.