ὀροφύλαξ
See also: ὁροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.ro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.roˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.roˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.roˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.roˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ • (orophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὀροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ ho orophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi orophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκος toû orophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ὀροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ὀροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn orophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî orophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ὀροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ὀροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὀροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs orophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn orophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ὀροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs orophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ orophŭ́lăx |
ὀροφῠ́λᾰκε orophŭ́lăke |
ὀροφῠ́λᾰκες orophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette