The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἙκατόμπυλος
- Latin · borrowed fromHecatompylus
- English todayHecatompylus
Borrowed from Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.