ἱεροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.roˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈfi.laks/
Noun
ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hierophúlax) m (genitive ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- guardian of a temple
- Synonym: ναοφύλαξ (naophúlax)
- pontifex
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hierophúlax | τὼ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hierophúlake | οἱ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hierophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hierophúlakos | τοῖν ἱεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hierophulákoin | τῶν ἱεροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hierophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hierophúlaki | τοῖν ἱεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hierophulákoin | τοῖς ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hierophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hierophúlaka | τὼ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hierophúlake | τοὺς ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hierophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ hierophúlax | ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκε hierophúlake | ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκες hierophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἱεροφυλάκιον (hierophulákion)
Descendants
- → Latin: hierophylax
Further reading
- “ἱεροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱεροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette