μαγδωλοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰ́γδωλος (mágdōlos, “watchtower”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /maɡ.dɔː.lo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /maɡ.do.loˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈfi.laks/
Noun
μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (magdōlophúlax) m (genitive μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- guard of the watchtower
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho magdōlophúlax | τὼ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ magdōlophúlake | οἱ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi magdōlophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû magdōlophúlakos | τοῖν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn magdōlophulákoin | τῶν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn magdōlophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi magdōlophúlaki | μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν magdōlophulákoin | τοῖς μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs magdōlophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn magdōlophúlaka | μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε magdōlophúlake | τοὺς μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs magdōlophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ magdōlophúlax | μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε magdōlophúlake | μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκες magdōlophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (magdōlophulakíā)
Further reading
- μαγδωλοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαγδωλοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette