στρωματοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στρῶμᾰ (strômă, “mattress, bedcloth”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /strɔː.ma.to.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stro.ma.toˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stro.ma.toˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stro.ma.toˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stro.ma.toˈfi.laks/
Noun
στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (strōmătophŭ́lăx) m (genitive στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- one who has the care of the bedding, tablecloths
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ ho strōmătophŭ́lăx |
τὼ στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ strōmătophŭ́lăke |
οἱ στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi strōmătophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκος toû strōmătophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν στρωμᾰτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn strōmătophŭlắkoin |
τῶν στρωμᾰτοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn strōmătophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî strōmătophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν στρωμᾰτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn strōmătophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs strōmătophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn strōmătophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ strōmătophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs strōmătophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ strōmătophŭ́lăx |
στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκε strōmătophŭ́lăke |
στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰκες strōmătophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “στρωματοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρωματοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette