πυργοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠ́ργος (pŭ́rgos, “tower”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.ɡo.pʰý.laks/ → /pyr.ɣoˈɸy.laks/ → /pir.ɣoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɡo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɡoˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɣoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɣoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pir.ɣoˈfi.laks/

Noun

πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ • (pŭrgophŭ́lăx) m (genitive πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. tower-guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ ho pŭrgophŭ́lăx	τὼ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ pŭrgophŭ́lăke	οἱ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi pŭrgophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος toû pŭrgophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭrgophŭlắkoin	τῶν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn pŭrgophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi pŭrgophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭrgophŭlắkoin	τοῖς πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs pŭrgophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn pŭrgophŭ́lăkă	τὼ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ pŭrgophŭ́lăke	τοὺς πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs pŭrgophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ pŭrgophŭ́lăx	πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε pŭrgophŭ́lăke	πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκες pŭrgophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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