τειχοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /teː.kʰo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ti.kʰoˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ti.xoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ti.xoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.xoˈfi.laks/
Noun
τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ • (teikhophŭ́lăx) m (genitive τειχοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ ho teikhophŭ́lăx |
τὼ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ teikhophŭ́lăke |
οἱ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi teikhophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκος toû teikhophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν τειχοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn teikhophŭlắkoin |
τῶν τειχοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn teikhophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî teikhophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν τειχοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn teikhophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς τειχοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / τειχοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs teikhophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τειχοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn teikhophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ teikhophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς τειχοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs teikhophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ teikhophŭ́lăx |
τειχοφῠ́λᾰκε teikhophŭ́lăke |
τειχοφῠ́λᾰκες teikhophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τειχοφῠλᾰκέω (teikhophŭlăkéō)
Further reading
- “τειχοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τειχοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette