ὀρφανοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀρφᾰνός (orphanós, “orphan”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.pʰa.no.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.pʰa.noˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.ɸa.noˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.fa.noˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.fa.noˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (orphanophúlax) m (genitive ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- (at Athens) one who guards orphans
- (in the plural) guardians of orphans who had lost their fathers in war
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho orphanophúlax | τὼ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orphanophúlake | οἱ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi orphanophúlakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû orphanophúlakos | τοῖν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orphanophulákoin | τῶν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn orphanophulákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi orphanophúlaki | ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν orphanophulákoin | τοῖς ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs orphanophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn orphanophúlaka | ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε orphanophúlake | τοὺς ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs orphanophúlakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ orphanophúlax | ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε orphanophúlake | ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκες orphanophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ὀρφανοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρφανοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette