γαζοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γάζα (gáza, “treasure”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡaː.zo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.zoˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.zoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.zoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.zoˈfi.laks/
Noun
γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ • (gāzophúlax) m (genitive γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- treasurer
- Synonyms: θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ (thēsaurophúlax), ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ (rhiskophúlax)
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ ho gāzophúlax | τὼ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ gāzophúlake | οἱ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi gāzophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκος toû gāzophúlakos | τοῖν γᾱζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn gāzophulákoin | τῶν γᾱζοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn gāzophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi gāzophúlaki | τοῖν γᾱζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn gāzophulákoin | τοῖς γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs gāzophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn gāzophúlaka | τὼ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ gāzophúlake | τοὺς γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs gāzophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ gāzophúlax | γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκε gāzophúlake | γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκες gāzophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γᾱζοφυλακέω (gāzophulakéō)
- γᾱζοφυλάκιον (gāzophulákion)
Further reading
- “γαζοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γαζοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γαζοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαζοφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)