σκευοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκεῦος (skeûos, “equipment, utensil”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skeu̯.o.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ske.woˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sce.βoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sce.voˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sce.voˈfi.laks/
Noun
σκευοφῠ́λᾰξ • (skeuophŭ́lăx) m (genitive σκευοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκευοφῠ́λᾰξ ho skeuophŭ́lăx |
τὼ σκευοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ skeuophŭ́lăke |
οἱ σκευοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi skeuophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκευοφῠ́λᾰκος toû skeuophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν σκευοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn skeuophŭlắkoin |
τῶν σκευοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn skeuophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκευοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî skeuophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν σκευοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn skeuophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς σκευοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / σκευοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs skeuophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκευοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn skeuophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ σκευοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ skeuophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς σκευοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs skeuophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκευοφῠ́λᾰξ skeuophŭ́lăx |
σκευοφῠ́λᾰκε skeuophŭ́lăke |
σκευοφῠ́λᾰκες skeuophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σκευοφυλακέω (skeuophulakéō)
- σκευοφυλάκιον (skeuophulákion)
Further reading
- “σκευοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκευοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette