φύλαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῠλᾰ́σσω (phŭlắssō, “to guard”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰý.lak.sis/ → /ˈɸy.lak.sis/ → /ˈfi.lak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰý.lak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.lak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.lak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.lak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lak.sis/

Noun

φῠ́λᾰξῐς • (phŭ́lăxĭs) f (genitive φῠλᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. an act of watching, guarding
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 379.6
2. a security
   • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 506

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φῠ́λᾰξῐς; τῆς φῠλᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῠ́λᾰξῐς hē phŭ́lăxĭs	τὼ φῠλᾰ́ξει tṑ phŭlắxei	αἱ φῠλᾰ́ξεις hai phŭlắxeis
Genitive	τῆς φῠλᾰ́ξεως tês phŭlắxeōs	τοῖν φῠλᾰξέοιν toîn phŭlăxéoin	τῶν φῠλᾰ́ξεων tôn phŭlắxeōn
Dative	τῇ φῠλᾰ́ξει têi phŭlắxei	τοῖν φῠλᾰξέοιν toîn phŭlăxéoin	ταῖς φῠλᾰ́ξεσῐ / φῠλᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs phŭlắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν φῠ́λᾰξῐν tḕn phŭ́lăxĭn	τὼ φῠλᾰ́ξει tṑ phŭlắxei	τᾱ̀ς φῠλᾰ́ξεις tā̀s phŭlắxeis
Vocative	φῠ́λᾰξῐ phŭ́lăxĭ	φῠλᾰ́ξει phŭlắxei	φῠλᾰ́ξεις phŭlắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: phylaxis
• Greek: φύλαξη (fýlaxi)

References

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