πολιτοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολῑ́της (polī́tēs, “citizen”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.liː.to.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.li.toˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.li.toˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.li.toˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.toˈfi.laks/
Noun
πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (polītophúlax) m (genitive πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- warden of the citizens, title of a magistrate
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ ho polītophúlax | τὼ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ polītophúlake | οἱ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi polītophúlakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκος toû polītophúlakos | τοῖν πολῑτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn polītophulákoin | τῶν πολῑτοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn polītophulákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi polītophúlaki | πολῑτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν polītophulákoin | τοῖς πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs polītophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn polītophúlaka | πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκε polītophúlake | τοὺς πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs polītophúlakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ polītophúlax | πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκε polītophúlake | πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκες polītophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πολιτοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολιτοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette