ὁρμοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὅρμος (hórmos, “anchorage, haven”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hor.mo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)or.moˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.moˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.moˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.moˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hormophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hormophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hormophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hormophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hormophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ὁρμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hormophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ὁρμοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hormophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî hormophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ὁρμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hormophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hormophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hormophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hormophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hormophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ hormophŭ́lăx |
ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκε hormophŭ́lăke |
ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκες hormophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὁρμοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (hormophŭlăkĭ́ā)
Further reading
- “ὁρμοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὁρμοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette