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 • (nāophŭ́lăx) 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 nāophŭ́lăx	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke	οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin	τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi nāophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin	τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophŭ́lăkă	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke	τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophŭ́lăx	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophŭ́lăke	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophŭ́lăkes
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 • (nāophŭ́lăx) 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 nāophŭ́lăx	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke	οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin	τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi nāophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophŭlắkoin	τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophŭ́lăkă	τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophŭ́lăke	τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophŭ́lăx	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophŭ́lăke	νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophŭ́lăkes
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