χωροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “place, country, nation”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɔː.ro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰo.roˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xo.roˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xo.roˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xo.roˈfi.laks/
Noun
χωροφῠ́λᾰξ • (khōrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χωροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χωροφῠ́λᾰξ ho khōrophŭ́lăx |
τὼ χωροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khōrophŭ́lăke |
οἱ χωροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khōrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χωροφῠ́λᾰκος toû khōrophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν χωροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khōrophŭlắkoin |
τῶν χωροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khōrophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χωροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî khōrophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν χωροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khōrophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς χωροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χωροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khōrophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χωροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khōrophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ χωροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khōrophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς χωροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khōrophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χωροφῠ́λᾰξ khōrophŭ́lăx |
χωροφῠ́λᾰκε khōrophŭ́lăke |
χωροφῠ́λᾰκες khōrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χωροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press