χαλαζοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χᾰ́λᾰζα (khắlăza, “hail”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.laz.do.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.la.zoˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.la.zoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.la.zoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.la.zoˈfi.laks/
Noun
χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ • (khălăzophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ ho khălăzophŭ́lăx |
τὼ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khălăzophŭ́lăke |
οἱ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khălăzophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκος toû khălăzophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν χᾰλᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khălăzophŭlắkoin |
τῶν χᾰλᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khălăzophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî khălăzophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν χᾰλᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khălăzophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khălăzophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khălăzophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khălăzophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khălăzophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ khălăzophŭ́lăx |
χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκε khălăzophŭ́lăke |
χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκες khălăzophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαλαζοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαλαζοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette