νυκτοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύξ (núx, “night”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nŭktophŭ́lăx) m (genitive νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

  1. night-watchman, guard
  2. (at Rome) vigiles, the police

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ
ho nŭktophŭ́lăx 		τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ nŭktophŭ́lăke 		οἱ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες
hoi nŭktophŭ́lăkes
Genitive τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος
toû nŭktophŭ́lăkos 		τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn nŭktophŭlắkoin 		τῶν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κων
tôn nŭktophŭlắkōn
Dative τῷ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ
tōî nŭktophŭ́lăkĭ 		τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn nŭktophŭlắkoin 		τοῖς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν
toîs nŭktophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ
tòn nŭktophŭ́lăkă 		τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ nŭktophŭ́lăke 		τοὺς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς
toùs nŭktophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ
nŭktophŭ́lăx 		νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε
nŭktophŭ́lăke 		νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες
nŭktophŭ́lăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • νῠκτοφῠλᾰκέω (nŭktophŭlăkéō)
  • νῠκτοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (nŭktophŭlăkĭ́ā)

Further reading

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