ὁδοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὁδός (hodós, “street, road”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ho.do.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.doˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ðoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ðoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ðoˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὁδοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hodophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὁδοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hodophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hodophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hodophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hodophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ὁδοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hodophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ὁδοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hodophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî hodophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ὁδοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hodophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ὁδοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁδοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hodophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hodophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hodophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hodophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὁδοφῠ́λᾰξ hodophŭ́lăx |
ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκε hodophŭ́lăke |
ὁδοφῠ́λᾰκες hodophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὁδοφῠλᾰκέω (hodophŭlăkéō)
Further reading
- “ὁδοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὁδοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette