εἱργμοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- εἰργμοφῠ́λᾰξ (eirgmophŭ́lăx)
Etymology
From εἱργμός (heirgmós, “prison”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /heːrŋ.mo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)irɡ.moˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /irɣ.moˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /irɣ.moˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /irɣ.moˈfi.laks/
Noun
εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ • (heirgmophŭ́lăx) m (genitive εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ ho heirgmophŭ́lăx |
τὼ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ heirgmophŭ́lăke |
οἱ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi heirgmophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκος toû heirgmophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν εἱργμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn heirgmophŭlắkoin |
τῶν εἱργμοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn heirgmophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî heirgmophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν εἱργμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn heirgmophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs heirgmophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn heirgmophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ heirgmophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs heirgmophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ heirgmophŭ́lăx |
εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκε heirgmophŭ́lăke |
εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκες heirgmophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “εἱργμοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εἱργμοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἰργμοφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)