ξενοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξένος (xénos, “foreigner”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kse.no.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kse.noˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kse.noˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kse.noˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kse.noˈfi.laks/
Noun
ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ • (xenophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ξενοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- magistrate charged with the protection of foreigners
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ ho xenophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ xenophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi xenophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκος toû xenophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ξενοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn xenophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ξενοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn xenophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî xenophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ξενοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn xenophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ξενοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ξενοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs xenophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ξενοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn xenophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ xenophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ξενοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs xenophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ xenophŭ́lăx |
ξενοφῠ́λᾰκε xenophŭ́lăke |
ξενοφῠ́λᾰκες xenophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ξενοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξενοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette