θερμοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θερμός (thermós, “hot, warm”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰer.mo.pʰý.laks/ → /θer.moˈɸy.laks/ → /θer.moˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰer.mo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰer.moˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θer.moˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θer.moˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θer.moˈfi.laks/

Noun

θερμοφῠ́λᾰξ • (thermophŭ́lăx) m (genitive θερμοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. kettle

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θερμοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ θερμοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θερμοφῠ́λᾰξ ho thermophŭ́lăx	τὼ θερμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ thermophŭ́lăke	οἱ θερμοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi thermophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ θερμοφῠ́λᾰκος toû thermophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν θερμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn thermophŭlắkoin	τῶν θερμοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn thermophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ θερμοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi thermophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν θερμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn thermophŭlắkoin	τοῖς θερμοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / θερμοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs thermophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν θερμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn thermophŭ́lăkă	τὼ θερμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ thermophŭ́lăke	τοὺς θερμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs thermophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	θερμοφῠ́λᾰξ thermophŭ́lăx	θερμοφῠ́λᾰκε thermophŭ́lăke	θερμοφῠ́λᾰκες thermophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θερμοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press