πυργοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πῠ́ργος (pŭ́rgos, “tower”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyr.ɡo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyr.ɡoˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyr.ɣoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyr.ɣoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pir.ɣoˈfi.laks/
Noun
πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ • (pŭrgophŭ́lăx) m (genitive πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ ho pŭrgophŭ́lăx |
τὼ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ pŭrgophŭ́lăke |
οἱ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi pŭrgophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος toû pŭrgophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭrgophŭlắkoin |
τῶν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn pŭrgophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî pŭrgophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭrgophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs pŭrgophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn pŭrgophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ pŭrgophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs pŭrgophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ pŭrgophŭ́lăx |
πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε pŭrgophŭ́lăke |
πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκες pŭrgophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πυργοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυργοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette