νομοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νόμος (nómos, “law”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νομοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nomophŭ́lăx) m (genitive νομοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

  1. guardian of the laws, a title of officials appointed to watch over the laws and their observance
  2. minor official under control of village elders, with police and fiscal duties

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νομοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νομοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νομοφῠ́λᾰξ
ho nomophŭ́lăx 		τὼ νομοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ nomophŭ́lăke 		οἱ νομοφῠ́λᾰκες
hoi nomophŭ́lăkes
Genitive τοῦ νομοφῠ́λᾰκος
toû nomophŭ́lăkos 		τοῖν νομοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn nomophŭlắkoin 		τῶν νομοφῠλᾰ́κων
tôn nomophŭlắkōn
Dative τῷ νομοφῠ́λᾰκῐ
tōî nomophŭ́lăkĭ 		τοῖν νομοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn nomophŭlắkoin 		τοῖς νομοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νομοφῠ́λᾰξῐν
toîs nomophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν νομοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ
tòn nomophŭ́lăkă 		τὼ νομοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ nomophŭ́lăke 		τοὺς νομοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς
toùs nomophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative νομοφῠ́λᾰξ
nomophŭ́lăx 		νομοφῠ́λᾰκε
nomophŭ́lăke 		νομοφῠ́λᾰκες
nomophŭ́lăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • νομοφυλακέω (nomophulakéō)
  • νομοφυλακία (nomophulakía)
  • νομοφυλακικός (nomophulakikós)
  • νομοφυλάκιον (nomophulákion)
  • νομοφυλακίς (nomophulakís)

Descendants

  • → English: nomophylax

Further reading

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