χρυσοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.so.pʰý.laks/ → /xry.soˈɸy.laks/ → /xri.soˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.so.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰry.soˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xry.soˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xry.soˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xri.soˈfi.laks/

Noun

χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ • (khrūsophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. gold-keeper, treasurer

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ ho khrūsophŭ́lăx	τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophŭ́lăke	οἱ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khrūsophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος toû khrūsophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophŭlắkoin	τῶν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khrūsophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi khrūsophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophŭlắkoin	τοῖς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khrūsophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khrūsophŭ́lăkă	τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophŭ́lăke	τοὺς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khrūsophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ khrūsophŭ́lăx	χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε khrūsophŭ́lăke	χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες khrūsophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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