χρυσοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.so.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰry.soˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xry.soˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xry.soˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xri.soˈfi.laks/
Noun
χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ • (khrūsophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ ho khrūsophŭ́lăx |
τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophŭ́lăke |
οἱ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khrūsophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος toû khrūsophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophŭlắkoin |
τῶν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khrūsophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî khrūsophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khrūsophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khrūsophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khrūsophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ khrūsophŭ́lăx |
χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε khrūsophŭ́lăke |
χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες khrūsophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χρυσοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρυσοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette