συμφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.pʰý.laks/ → /symˈɸy.laks/ → /simˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /symˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /symˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /symˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /simˈfi.laks/

Noun

σῠμφῠ́λᾰξ • (sŭmphŭ́lăx) m (genitive σῠμφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. fellow-watchman or guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σῠμφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῠμφῠ́λᾰξ ho sŭmphŭ́lăx	τὼ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ sŭmphŭ́lăke	οἱ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκες hoi sŭmphŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκος toû sŭmphŭ́lăkos	τοῖν σῠμφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn sŭmphŭlắkoin	τῶν σῠμφῠλᾰ́κων tôn sŭmphŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi sŭmphŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν σῠμφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn sŭmphŭlắkoin	τοῖς σῠμφῠ́λᾰξῐ / σῠμφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs sŭmphŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν σῠμφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn sŭmphŭ́lăkă	τὼ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ sŭmphŭ́lăke	τοὺς σῠμφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs sŭmphŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	σῠμφῠ́λᾰξ sŭmphŭ́lăx	σῠμφῠ́λᾰκε sŭmphŭ́lăke	σῠμφῠ́λᾰκες sŭmphŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “συμφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “συμφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• συμφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette