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 Thermopylœ, Liv. 32, 4; 36, 15. —Hence,
B. Pylăĭcus , a, um, adj., Thermopylœan: “concilium,” the congress of the Greeks at Thermopylœ, Liv. 31, 32; “called also Pylaicus conventus,” id. 33, 35.
