οἰκοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.ko.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /y.koˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.koˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.koˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.koˈfi.laks/
Noun
οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (oikophŭ́lăx) m (genitive οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho oikophŭ́lăx |
τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophŭ́lăke |
οἱ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi oikophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû oikophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophŭlắkoin |
τῶν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn oikophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî oikophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs oikophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn oikophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs oikophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ oikophŭ́lăx |
οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε oikophŭ́lăke |
οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες oikophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οἰκοφῠλᾰκέω (oikophŭlăkéō)
- οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (oikophŭlắkĭon)
Further reading
- “οἰκοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οἰκοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette