θεοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god, deity”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.pʰý.laks/ → /θe.oˈɸy.laks/ → /θe.oˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈfi.laks/

Noun

θεοφῠ́λᾰξ • (theophúlax) m (genitive θεοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guardian of a god

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θεοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ θεοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θεοφῠ́λᾰξ ho theophúlax	τὼ θεοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ theophúlake	οἱ θεοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi theophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ θεοφῠ́λᾰκος toû theophúlakos	τοῖν θεοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn theophulákoin	τῶν θεοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn theophulákōn
Dative	τῷ θεοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi theophúlaki	τοῖν θεοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn theophulákoin	τοῖς θεοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / θεοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs theophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν θεοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn theophúlaka	τὼ θεοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ theophúlake	τοὺς θεοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs theophúlakas
Vocative	θεοφῠ́λᾰξ theophúlax	θεοφῠ́λᾰκε theophúlake	θεοφῠ́λᾰκες theophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θεοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette