φύλαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῠλᾰ́σσω (phŭlắssō, “to guard”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠ́λᾰξῐς • (phŭ́lăxĭs) f (genitive φῠλᾰ́ξεως); third declension

  1. an act of watching, guarding
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 379.6
  2. a security

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φῠ́λᾰξῐς; τῆς φῠλᾰ́ξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φῠ́λᾰξῐς
hē phŭ́lăxĭs 		τὼ φῠλᾰ́ξει
tṑ phŭlắxei 		αἱ φῠλᾰ́ξεις
hai phŭlắxeis
Genitive τῆς φῠλᾰ́ξεως
tês phŭlắxeōs 		τοῖν φῠλᾰξέοιν
toîn phŭlăxéoin 		τῶν φῠλᾰ́ξεων
tôn phŭlắxeōn
Dative τῇ φῠλᾰ́ξει
tēî phŭlắxei 		τοῖν φῠλᾰξέοιν
toîn phŭlăxéoin 		ταῖς φῠλᾰ́ξεσῐ / φῠλᾰ́ξεσῐν
taîs phŭlắxesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν φῠ́λᾰξῐν
tḕn phŭ́lăxĭn 		τὼ φῠλᾰ́ξει
tṑ phŭlắxei 		τᾱ̀ς φῠλᾰ́ξεις
tā̀s phŭlắxeis
Vocative φῠ́λᾰξῐ
phŭ́lăxĭ 		φῠλᾰ́ξει
phŭlắxei 		φῠλᾰ́ξεις
phŭlắxeis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: phylaxis
  • Greek: φύλαξη (fýlaxi)

References

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