καρποφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰρπός (kărpós, “fruit”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kar.po.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kar.poˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kar.poˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kar.poˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kar.poˈfi.laks/
Noun
κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ • (kărpophŭ́lăx) m (genitive κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ ho kărpophŭ́lăx |
τὼ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kărpophŭ́lăke |
οἱ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκες hoi kărpophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκος toû kărpophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν κᾰρποφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kărpophŭlắkoin |
τῶν κᾰρποφῠλᾰ́κων tôn kărpophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî kărpophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν κᾰρποφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kărpophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξῐ / κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs kărpophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn kărpophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kărpophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs kărpophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ kărpophŭ́lăx |
κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκε kărpophŭ́lăke |
κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκες kărpophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “καρποφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press