φυλακτήριον

φυλακτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῠλᾰ́σσω (phulássō, “to protect”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.lak.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ɸy.lakˈti.ri.on/ → /fi.lakˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.lak.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰy.lakˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸy.lakˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fy.lakˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.lakˈti.ri.on/

Noun

φῠλᾰκτήρῐον • (phulaktḗrion) n (genitive φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. Fortified, guarded outpost, garrison.
2. Safeguard, protection, amulet; phylactery
   • Bible, New Testament. Matthew 23:9:

     πάντα δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν ποιοῦσιν πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις: πλατύνουσι γὰρ τὰ φυλακτήρια αὐτῶν καὶ μεγαλύνουσι τὰ κράσπεδα,[1]

     But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments],[2]

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φῠλᾰκτήρῐον; τοῦ φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῠλᾰκτήρῐον tò phulaktḗrion	τὼ φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ω tṑ phulaktēríō	τᾰ̀ φῠλᾰκτήρῐᾰ tà phulaktḗria
Genitive	τοῦ φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ου toû phulaktēríou	τοῖν φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́οιν toîn phulaktēríoin	τῶν φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ων tôn phulaktēríōn
Dative	τῷ φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ῳ tôi phulaktēríōi	τοῖν φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́οιν toîn phulaktēríoin	τοῖς φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́οις toîs phulaktēríois
Accusative	τὸ φῠλᾰκτήρῐον tò phulaktḗrion	τὼ φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ω tṑ phulaktēríō	τᾰ̀ φῠλᾰκτήρῐᾰ tà phulaktḗria
Vocative	φῠλᾰκτήρῐον phulaktḗrion	φῠλᾰκτηρῐ́ω phulaktēríō	φῠλᾰκτήρῐᾰ phulaktḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “φυλακτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φυλακτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φυλακτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5440 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • guard-post idem, page 377.
  • outpost idem, page 582.
  • preservative idem, page 637.
  • protection idem, page 653.
  • safe-guard idem, page 730.
  • station idem, page 813.

1. New Testament, Westcott-Hort text, at Perseus Digital Library (retrieved 16 June, 2013)
2. New Testament, King James Version, at BibleGateway.com (retrieved 16 June, 2013)