οἰκοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.ko.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /y.koˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.koˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.koˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.koˈfi.laks/
Noun
οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (oikophúlax) m (genitive οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- house-guard
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho oikophúlax | τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophúlake | οἱ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi oikophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû oikophúlakos | τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophulákoin | τῶν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn oikophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi oikophúlaki | οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν oikophulákoin | τοῖς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs oikophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn oikophúlaka | οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε oikophúlake | τοὺς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs oikophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ oikophúlax | οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε oikophúlake | οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες oikophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οἰκοφῠλᾰκέω (oikophulakéō)
- οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (oikophulákion)
Further reading
- οἰκοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οἰκοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette