στρατοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στρᾰτός (strătós, “army”) + φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stra.to.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stra.toˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stra.toˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stra.toˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stra.toˈfi.laks/
Noun
στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (strătophŭ́lăx) m (genitive στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ ho strătophŭ́lăx |
τὼ στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ strătophŭ́lăke |
οἱ στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi strătophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκος toû strătophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν στρᾰτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn strătophŭlắkoin |
τῶν στρᾰτοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn strătophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî strătophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν στρᾰτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn strătophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs strătophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn strătophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ strătophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs strătophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ strătophŭ́lăx |
στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκε strătophŭ́lăke |
στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκες strătophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Further reading
- “στρατοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρατοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette