φύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Same source as φυλάσσω (phulássō), but of unknown further etymology. According to Beekes, both words are clear examples of Pre-Greek. Note in particular the suffix -ακ- (-ak-).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.laks/
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φῠ́λᾰξ ho phúlax |
τὼ φῠ́λᾰκε tṑ phúlake |
οἱ φῠ́λᾰκες hoi phúlakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φῠ́λᾰκος toû phúlakos |
τοῖν φῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn phulákoin |
τῶν φῠλᾰ́κων tôn phulákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi phúlaki |
τοῖν φῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn phulákoin |
τοῖς φῠ́λᾰξῐ / φῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs phúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn phúlaka |
τὼ φῠ́λᾰκε tṑ phúlake |
τοὺς φῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs phúlakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῠ́λᾰξ phúlax |
φῠ́λᾰκε phúlake |
φῠ́λᾰκες phúlakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ (agrophúlax)
- αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ (aigialophúlax)
- βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ (bibliophúlax)
- γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophúlax)
- δεσμοφῠ́λᾰξ (desmophúlax)
- εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ (heirgmophúlax)
- εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ (eirēnophúlax)
- ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ (ephēbophúlax)
- ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ (hēmerophúlax)
- θεοφῠ́λᾰξ (theophúlax)
- θερμοφῠ́λᾰξ (thermophúlax)
- θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ (thēsaurophúlax)
- ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ (hierophúlax)
- κεστροφῠ́λᾰξ (kestrophúlax)
- κοιτωνοφῠ́λᾰξ (koitōnophúlax)
- κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ (krēnophúlax)
- κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ (karpophúlax)
- λῐμενοφῠ́λᾰξ (limenophúlax)
- μετοικοφῠ́λᾰξ (metoikophúlax)
- μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ (mēlophúlax)
- μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ (mēningophúlax)
- μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ (magdōlophúlax)
- νεκροφῠ́λᾰξ (nekrophúlax)
- νομοφῠ́λᾰξ (nomophúlax)
- νᾰοφῠ́λᾰξ (naophúlax)
- νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ (nuktophúlax)
- ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ (xenophúlax)
- ὁδοφῠ́λᾰξ (hodophúlax)
- οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ (oikophúlax)
- οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξ (oinophúlax)
- ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ (hoplophúlax)
- ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ (opisthophúlax)
- ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ (hormophúlax)
- ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ (orophúlax)
- ὁροφῠ́λᾰξ (horophúlax)
- ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ (orphanophúlax)
- παιδοφῠ́λᾰξ (paidophúlax)
- πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ (polītophúlax)
- πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ (palaistrophúlax)
- πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ (purgophúlax)
- ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ (rhiskophúlax)
- σκευοφῠ́λᾰξ (skeuophúlax)
- σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξ (skēnophúlax)
- στρωμᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ (strōmatophúlax)
- στρᾰτοφῠ́λᾰξ (stratophúlax)
- σῠμφῠ́λᾰξ (sumphúlax)
- τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ (teikhophúlax)
- ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ (hudrophúlax)
- *φυλακέω (*phulakéō)
- χειλοφῠ́λᾰξ (kheilophúlax)
- χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ (khrūsophúlax)
- χωροφῠ́λᾰξ (khōrophúlax)
- χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ (khalazophúlax)
- χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξ (khimairophúlax)
- ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ (hīmatiophúlax)
- Ἰ̄νωποφῠ́λᾰξ (Īnōpophúlax)
Further reading
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύλαξ, -ακος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1595
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) “φύλαξ, -ακος”, in Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133
- “φύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φύλαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φύλαξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5441 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- custodian idem, page 191.
- defender idem, page 204.
- door-keeper idem, page 247.
- gaoler idem, page 353.
- gate-keeper idem, page 354.
- guard idem, page 376.
- guardian idem, page 377.
- jailor idem, page 461.
- janitor idem, page 461.
- keeper idem, page 468.
- police idem, page 624.
- porter idem, page 627.
- portress idem, page 627.
- protector idem, page 653.
- protectress idem, page 653.
- sentinel idem, page 754.
- supporter idem, page 841.
- upholder idem, page 938.
- warder idem, page 964.
- watch idem, page 965.
- watcher idem, page 967.
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