μαγδωλοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰ́γδωλος (mắgdōlos, “watchtower”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɡ.dɔː.lo.pʰý.laks/ → /maɣ.ðo.loˈɸy.laks/ → /maɣ.ðo.loˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maɡ.dɔː.lo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maɡ.do.loˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈfi.laks/

Noun

μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (măgdōlophŭ́lăx) m (genitive μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guard of the watchtower

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho măgdōlophŭ́lăx	τὼ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ măgdōlophŭ́lăke	οἱ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi măgdōlophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû măgdōlophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn măgdōlophŭlắkoin	τῶν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn măgdōlophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi măgdōlophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn măgdōlophŭlắkoin	τοῖς μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs măgdōlophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn măgdōlophŭ́lăkă	τὼ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ măgdōlophŭ́lăke	τοὺς μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs măgdōlophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ măgdōlophŭ́lăx	μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε măgdōlophŭ́lăke	μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκες măgdōlophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (măgdōlophŭlăkĭ́ā)

Further reading

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