ἀγροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγρός (agrós, “countryside”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡroˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣroˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣroˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣroˈfi.laks/
Noun
ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ • (agrophúlax) m (genitive ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- guardian of the country
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ ho agrophúlax | τὼ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ agrophúlake | οἱ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi agrophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος toû agrophúlakos | τοῖν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn agrophulákoin | τῶν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn agrophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi agrophúlaki | ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κοιν agrophulákoin | τοῖς ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs agrophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn agrophúlaka | ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε agrophúlake | τοὺς ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs agrophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ agrophúlax | ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε agrophúlake | ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκες agrophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀγροφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγροφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)