ὁπλοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὅπλον (hóplon, “tool, implement; weapon”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ho.plo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.ploˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ploˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ploˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ploˈfi.laks/
Noun
ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hoplophúlax) m (genitive ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- one who has the charge of arms, a weapon-keeper
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hoplophúlax | τὼ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hoplophúlake | οἱ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hoplophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hoplophúlakos | τοῖν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hoplophulákoin | τῶν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hoplophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hoplophúlaki | ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν hoplophulákoin | τοῖς ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hoplophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hoplophúlaka | ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε hoplophúlake | τοὺς ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hoplophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ hoplophúlax | ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε hoplophúlake | ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoplophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (hoplophulákion)
Further reading
- ὁπλοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὁπλοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette