εἰρηνοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.no.pʰý.laks/ → /i.ri.noˈɸy.laks/ → /i.ri.noˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.no.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.re̝.noˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ri.noˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ri.noˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ri.noˈfi.laks/

Noun

εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (eirēnophŭ́lăx) m (genitive εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guardian of peace, the title of a police magistrate

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho eirēnophŭ́lăx	τὼ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ eirēnophŭ́lăke	οἱ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi eirēnophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû eirēnophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν εἰρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn eirēnophŭlắkoin	τῶν εἰρηνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn eirēnophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi eirēnophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν εἰρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn eirēnophŭlắkoin	τοῖς εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs eirēnophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn eirēnophŭ́lăkă	τὼ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ eirēnophŭ́lăke	τοὺς εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs eirēnophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ eirēnophŭ́lăx	εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε eirēnophŭ́lăke	εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες eirēnophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰρηνοφῠλᾰκέω (eirēnophŭlăkéō)

Further reading

• “εἰρηνοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰρηνοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰρηνοφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)