βιβλιοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (bĭblĭophŭ́lăx) m (genitive βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

  1. keeper of archives

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ
ho bĭblĭophŭ́lăx 		τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ bĭblĭophŭ́lăke 		οἱ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες
hoi bĭblĭophŭ́lăkes
Genitive τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος
toû bĭblĭophŭ́lăkos 		τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn bĭblĭophŭlắkoin 		τῶν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κων
tôn bĭblĭophŭlắkōn
Dative τῷ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ
tōî bĭblĭophŭ́lăkĭ 		τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn bĭblĭophŭlắkoin 		τοῖς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν
toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ
tòn bĭblĭophŭ́lăkă 		τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ bĭblĭophŭ́lăke 		τοὺς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς
toùs bĭblĭophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ
bĭblĭophŭ́lăx 		βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε
bĭblĭophŭ́lăke 		βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες
bĭblĭophŭ́lăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκέω (bĭblĭophŭlăkéō)
  • βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (bĭblĭophŭlăkĭ́ā)
  • βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (bĭblĭophŭlắkĭon)

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