παλαιστροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰλαίστρᾱ (pălaístrā, “wrestling-school”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lai̯s.tro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pa.lɛs.troˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pa.lɛs.troˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pa.les.troˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pa.les.troˈfi.laks/
Noun
πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ • (pălaistrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ ho pălaistrophŭ́lăx |
τὼ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ pălaistrophŭ́lăke |
οἱ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi pălaistrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκος toû pălaistrophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν πᾰλαιστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn pălaistrophŭlắkoin |
τῶν πᾰλαιστροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn pălaistrophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî pălaistrophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν πᾰλαιστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn pălaistrophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs pălaistrophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn pălaistrophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ pălaistrophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs pălaistrophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ pălaistrophŭ́lăx |
πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκε pălaistrophŭ́lăke |
πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκες pălaistrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “παλαιστροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παλαιστροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette