οἰκοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.pʰý.laks/ → /y.koˈɸy.laks/ → /i.koˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.koˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.koˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.koˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.koˈfi.laks/

Noun

οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (oikophŭ́lăx) m (genitive οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. house-guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho oikophŭ́lăx	τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophŭ́lăke	οἱ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi oikophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû oikophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophŭlắkoin	τῶν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn oikophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi oikophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophŭlắkoin	τοῖς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs oikophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn oikophŭ́lăkă	τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophŭ́lăke	τοὺς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs oikophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ oikophŭ́lăx	οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε oikophŭ́lăke	οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες oikophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰκοφῠλᾰκέω (oikophŭlăkéō)
• οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (oikophŭlắkĭon)

 

Further reading

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