γαζοφυλάκιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γαζοφύλαξ (gazophúlax) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡaz.do.pʰy.lá.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.zo.pʰyˈla.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.zo.ɸyˈla.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.zo.fyˈla.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.zo.fiˈla.ci.on/
Noun
γᾰζοφῠλάκῐον • (găzophŭlákĭon) n (genitive γᾰζοφῠλᾰκίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κῐον tò găzophŭlắkĭon |
τᾰ̀ γᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ găzophŭlắkĭă |
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰζοφῠλᾰκῐ́ου toû găzophŭlăkĭ́ou |
τῶν γᾰζοφῠλᾰκῐ́ων tôn găzophŭlăkĭ́ōn |
| Dative | τῷ γᾰζοφῠλᾰκῐ́ῳ tōî găzophŭlăkĭ́ōi |
τοῖς γᾰζοφῠλᾰκῐ́οις toîs găzophŭlăkĭ́ois |
| Accusative | τὸ γᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κῐον tò găzophŭlắkĭon |
τᾰ̀ γᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ găzophŭlắkĭă |
| Vocative | γᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κῐον găzophŭlắkĭon |
γᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κῐᾰ găzophŭlắkĭă |
Quotations
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Esther 3.9
- εἰ δοκεῖ τῷ βασιλεῖ, δογματισάτω ἀπολέσαι αὐτούς, κἀγὼ διαγράψω εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τοῦ βασιλέως ἀργυρίου τάλαντα μύρια.
- ei dokeî tōî basileî, dogmatisátō apolésai autoús, kagṑ diagrápsō eis tò gazophulákion toû basiléōs arguríou tálanta múria.
- If it please the king, let it be written that they are to be destroyed, and I will contribute ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s treasury.
- εἰ δοκεῖ τῷ βασιλεῖ, δογματισάτω ἀπολέσαι αὐτούς, κἀγὼ διαγράψω εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τοῦ βασιλέως ἀργυρίου τάλαντα μύρια.
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 21:1:
- Ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἶδε τοὺς βάλλοντας τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον πλουσίους·
- Anablépsas dè eîde toùs bállontas tà dôra autôn eis tò gazophulákion plousíous;
- Translation by KJV
- And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
- Ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἶδε τοὺς βάλλοντας τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον πλουσίους·
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲅⲁⲍⲟⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲓⲟⲛ (gazophulakion), ⲅⲁⲍⲟⲫⲩⲗⲁϭⲓⲟⲛ (gazophulacion), ⲅⲁⲍⲟⲫⲩⲗⲁⲅⲓⲟⲛ (gazophulagion), ⲕⲁⲍⲱⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲓⲟⲛ (kazōphulakion), ⲕⲁⲥⲟⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲓⲟⲛ (kasophulakion)
- → Old Church Slavonic: газофилакиꙗ (gazofilakija)
- → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍅𐌻𐌰𐌺𐌹𐍉 (gazaufwlakiō)
- → Latin: gazophylacium
- Italian: gazofilacio
- Mozarabic: *gazpelağo
- →? Spanish: gazpacho (see there for further descendants)
- → Romanian: gazofilachie
Further reading
- γαζοφυλάκιον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “γαζοφυλάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαζοφυλάκιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- γαζοφυλάκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “γαζοφυλάκιον”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- G1049 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible