ἀγροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγρός (agrós, “countryside”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡroˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣroˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣroˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣroˈfi.laks/
Noun
ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ • (agrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ ho agrophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ agrophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi agrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος toû agrophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn agrophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn agrophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî agrophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn agrophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs agrophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn agrophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ agrophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs agrophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ agrophŭ́lăx |
ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε agrophŭ́lăke |
ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκες agrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀγροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγροφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)