κεστροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέστρος (késtros, “bolt discharged from engines”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kes.tro.pʰý.laks/ → /ces.troˈɸy.laks/ → /ces.troˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kes.tro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kes.troˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ces.troˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ces.troˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ces.troˈfi.laks/

Noun

κεστροφῠ́λᾰξ • (kestrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive κεστροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. officer in charge of the bolts discharged from engines

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κεστροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κεστροφῠ́λᾰξ ho kestrophŭ́lăx	τὼ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kestrophŭ́lăke	οἱ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi kestrophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκος toû kestrophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν κεστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kestrophŭlắkoin	τῶν κεστροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn kestrophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi kestrophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν κεστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kestrophŭlắkoin	τοῖς κεστροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / κεστροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs kestrophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κεστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn kestrophŭ́lăkă	τὼ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kestrophŭ́lăke	τοὺς κεστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs kestrophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	κεστροφῠ́λᾰξ kestrophŭ́lăx	κεστροφῠ́λᾰκε kestrophŭ́lăke	κεστροφῠ́λᾰκες kestrophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεστροφῠλᾰκέω (kestrophŭlăkéō)

Further reading

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