ὀπισθοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “behind, at the back”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.pis.tʰo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.pis.tʰoˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.pis.θoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.pis.θoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.pis.θoˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ • (opisthophúlax) m (genitive ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- one who guards the rear
- (in the plural) rearguard
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ ho opisthophúlax | τὼ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ opisthophúlake | οἱ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi opisthophúlakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκος toû opisthophúlakos | τοῖν ὀπῐσθοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn opisthophulákoin | τῶν ὀπῐσθοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn opisthophulákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi opisthophúlaki | ὀπῐσθοφῠλᾰ́κοιν opisthophulákoin | τοῖς ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs opisthophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn opisthophúlaka | ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκε opisthophúlake | τοὺς ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs opisthophúlakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ opisthophúlax | ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκε opisthophúlake | ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰκες opisthophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀπῐσθοφῠλᾰκέω (opisthophulakéō)
- ὀπῐστοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (opistophulakíā)
Further reading
- ὀπισθοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀπισθοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette