pyla·gore \ˈpiləˌgō(ə)r, ˈpīl-\noun (-s) Etymology: Greek pylagoras, from Pylai Pylae, Thermopylae, meeting place of the amphictyonic council + Greek -agoras (from ageirein to collect, assemble) — more at gregarious : a deputy of a state at the council of the Delphic Amphictyony of ancient Greece