ὑδροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.dro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.droˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.ðroˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.ðroˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ðroˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hudrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- guard or inspector of aqueducts or irrigation works
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hudrophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hudrophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hudrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hudrophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hudrophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hudrophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî hudrophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hudrophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hudrophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hudrophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hudrophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hudrophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ hudrophŭ́lăx |
ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε hudrophŭ́lăke |
ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκες hudrophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑδροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑδροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette