ἐφηβοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰɛː.bo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pʰe̝.boˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ɸi.βoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.fi.voˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.fi.voˈfi.laks/
Noun
ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ • (ephēbophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ ho ephēbophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ ephēbophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi ephēbophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος toû ephēbophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn ephēbophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn ephēbophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî ephēbophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn ephēbophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs ephēbophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn ephēbophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ ephēbophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs ephēbophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ ephēbophŭ́lăx |
ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε ephēbophŭ́lăke |
ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκες ephēbophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐφηβοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press