μηλοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lo.pʰý.laks/ → /mi.loˈɸy.laks/ → /mi.loˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.loˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈfi.laks/

Noun

μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (mēlophúlax) m (genitive μηλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. shepherd, one who watches sheep

   Synonyms: μηλᾰ́της (mēlátēs), ποιμήν (poimḗn)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ μηλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho mēlophúlax	τὼ μηλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ mēlophúlake	οἱ μηλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi mēlophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ μηλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû mēlophúlakos	τοῖν μηλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn mēlophulákoin	τῶν μηλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn mēlophulákōn
Dative	τῷ μηλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi mēlophúlaki	τοῖν μηλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn mēlophulákoin	τοῖς μηλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μηλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs mēlophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μηλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn mēlophúlaka	τὼ μηλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ mēlophúlake	τοὺς μηλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs mēlophúlakas
Vocative	μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ mēlophúlax	μηλοφῠ́λᾰκε mēlophúlake	μηλοφῠ́λᾰκες mēlophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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