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 • (khrūsophúlax) 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 khrūsophúlax	τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophúlake	οἱ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khrūsophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκος toû khrūsophúlakos	τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophulákoin	τῶν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khrūsophulákōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi khrūsophúlaki	τοῖν χρῡσοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khrūsophulákoin	τοῖς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khrūsophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khrūsophúlaka	τὼ χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khrūsophúlake	τοὺς χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khrūsophúlakas
Vocative	χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰξ khrūsophúlax	χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκε khrūsophúlake	χρῡσοφῠ́λᾰκες khrūsophúlakes
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