συμφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sun-, “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 • (sumphúlax) 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 sumphúlax	τὼ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ sumphúlake	οἱ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκες hoi sumphúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκος toû sumphúlakos	τοῖν σῠμφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn sumphulákoin	τῶν σῠμφῠλᾰ́κων tôn sumphulákōn
Dative	τῷ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi sumphúlaki	τοῖν σῠμφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn sumphulákoin	τοῖς σῠμφῠ́λᾰξῐ / σῠμφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs sumphúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σῠμφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn sumphúlaka	τὼ σῠμφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ sumphúlake	τοὺς σῠμφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs sumphúlakas
Vocative	σῠμφῠ́λᾰξ sumphúlax	σῠμφῠ́λᾰκε sumphúlake	σῠμφῠ́λᾰκες sumphúlakes
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