ναοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /naː.o.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /na.oˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /na.oˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /na.oˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /na.oˈfi.laks/
Etymology 1
From νᾱός (nāós, “inmost part of a temple”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Noun
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nāophŭ́lăx) m (genitive νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ ho nāophŭ́lăx |
τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke |
οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin |
τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî nāophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophŭ́lăx |
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophŭ́lăke |
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Noun
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nāophŭ́lăx) m (genitive νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ ho nāophŭ́lăx |
τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke |
οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin |
τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî nāophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophŭ́lăx |
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophŭ́lăke |
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ναοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ναοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette