ἡμεροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.me.ro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.me.roˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.me.roˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.me.roˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.me.roˈfi.laks/
Noun
ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hēmerophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hēmerophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hēmerophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hēmerophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hēmerophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ἡμεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hēmerophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ἡμεροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hēmerophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî hēmerophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ἡμεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hēmerophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hēmerophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hēmerophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hēmerophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hēmerophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ hēmerophŭ́lăx |
ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκε hēmerophŭ́lăke |
ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκες hēmerophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἡμεροφῠλᾰκέω (hēmerophŭlăkéō)
Further reading
- “ἡμεροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἡμεροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette