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 • (kestrophúlax) 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 kestrophúlax	τὼ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kestrophúlake	οἱ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi kestrophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκος toû kestrophúlakos	τοῖν κεστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kestrophulákoin	τῶν κεστροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn kestrophulákōn
Dative	τῷ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi kestrophúlaki	τοῖν κεστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kestrophulákoin	τοῖς κεστροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / κεστροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs kestrophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κεστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn kestrophúlaka	τὼ κεστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kestrophúlake	τοὺς κεστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs kestrophúlakas
Vocative	κεστροφῠ́λᾰξ kestrophúlax	κεστροφῠ́λᾰκε kestrophúlake	κεστροφῠ́λᾰκες kestrophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεστροφῠλᾰκέω (kestrophulakéō)

Further reading

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