Hecatompylus

English

Etymology

From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.

Proper noun

Hecatompylus

1. (historical) A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.

Translations

city in Qumis, Persia

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos)

• Persian: شهر قومس (šahr-e qumes), صددروازه (saddarvâze)