ὁπλοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὅπλον (hóplon, “tool, implement; weapon”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ho.plo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.ploˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ploˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ploˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ploˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hoplophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hoplophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hoplophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hoplophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hoplophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hoplophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hoplophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî hoplophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hoplophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hoplophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hoplophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hoplophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hoplophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ hoplophŭ́lăx |
ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε hoplophŭ́lăke |
ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoplophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (hoplophŭlắkĭon)
Further reading
- “ὁπλοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὁπλοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette