χρυσοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.so.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰry.soˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xry.soˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xry.soˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xri.soˈfi.laks/
Noun
χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ • (khrūsophúlax) m (genitive χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- gold-keeper, treasurer
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ ho khrūsophúlax | τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophúlake | οἱ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khrūsophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος toû khrūsophúlakos | τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophulákoin | τῶν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khrūsophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi khrūsophúlaki | χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν khrūsophulákoin | τοῖς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khrūsophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khrūsophúlaka | χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε khrūsophúlake | τοὺς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khrūsophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ khrūsophúlax | χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε khrūsophúlake | χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες khrūsophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- χρυσοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρυσοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette