ὀρφανοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀρφᾰνός (orphănós, “orphan”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.pʰa.no.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.pʰa.noˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.ɸa.noˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.fa.noˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.fa.noˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (orphănophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- (at Athens) one who guards orphans
- (in the plural) guardians of orphans who had lost their fathers in war
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho orphănophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orphănophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi orphănophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû orphănophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orphănophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn orphănophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî orphănophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orphănophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs orphănophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn orphănophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orphănophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs orphănophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ orphănophŭ́lăx |
ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε orphănophŭ́lăke |
ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκες orphănophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀρφανοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρφανοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette