σκηνοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent, booth”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skɛː.no.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ske̝.noˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sci.noˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sci.noˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sci.noˈfi.laks/
Noun
σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (skēnophŭ́lăx) m (genitive σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho skēnophŭ́lăx |
τὼ σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ skēnophŭ́lăke |
οἱ σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi skēnophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû skēnophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν σκηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn skēnophŭlắkoin |
τῶν σκηνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn skēnophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî skēnophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν σκηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn skēnophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs skēnophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn skēnophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ skēnophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs skēnophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξ skēnophŭ́lăx |
σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκε skēnophŭ́lăke |
σκηνοφῠ́λᾰκες skēnophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek: σκηνοφύλακας (skinofýlakas)
Further reading
- “σκηνοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκηνοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette