θεοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θεός (theós, “god, deity”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.oˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.oˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.oˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.oˈfi.laks/
Noun
θεοφῠ́λᾰξ • (theophúlax) m (genitive θεοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- guardian of a god
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ θεοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ θεοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θεοφῠ́λᾰξ ho theophúlax | τὼ θεοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ theophúlake | οἱ θεοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi theophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θεοφῠ́λᾰκος toû theophúlakos | τοῖν θεοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn theophulákoin | τῶν θεοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn theophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θεοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi theophúlaki | τοῖν θεοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn theophulákoin | τοῖς θεοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / θεοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs theophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θεοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn theophúlaka | τὼ θεοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ theophúlake | τοὺς θεοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs theophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θεοφῠ́λᾰξ theophúlax | θεοφῠ́λᾰκε theophúlake | θεοφῠ́λᾰκες theophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θεοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θεοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette