ναοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /naː.o.pʰý.laks/ → /na.oˈɸy.laks/ → /na.oˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /naː.o.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /na.oˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /na.oˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /na.oˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /na.oˈfi.laks/

Etymology 1

From νᾱός (nāós, “inmost part of a temple”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Noun

νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nāophúlax) m (genitive νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. keeper, guardian of a temple

   Synonym: ἱεροφύλαξ (hierophúlax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ ho nāophúlax	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophúlake	οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophúlakos	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophulákoin	τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophulákōn
Dative	τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi nāophúlaki	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophulákoin	τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophúlaka	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophúlake	τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophúlakas
Vocative	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophúlax	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophúlake	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Noun

νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nāophúlax) m (genitive νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. master or pilot of a ship

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ ho nāophúlax	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophúlake	οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophúlakos	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophulákoin	τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophulákōn
Dative	τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi nāophúlaki	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophulákoin	τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophúlaka	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophúlake	τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophúlakas
Vocative	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophúlax	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophúlake	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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