χωροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “place, country, nation”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.ro.pʰý.laks/ → /xo.roˈɸy.laks/ → /xo.roˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.ro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰo.roˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xo.roˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xo.roˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xo.roˈfi.laks/

Noun

χωροφῠ́λᾰξ • (khōrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χωροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guard or watcher of a country or place

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χωροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ χωροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χωροφῠ́λᾰξ ho khōrophŭ́lăx	τὼ χωροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khōrophŭ́lăke	οἱ χωροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khōrophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ χωροφῠ́λᾰκος toû khōrophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν χωροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khōrophŭlắkoin	τῶν χωροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khōrophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ χωροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi khōrophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν χωροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khōrophŭlắkoin	τοῖς χωροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χωροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khōrophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν χωροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khōrophŭ́lăkă	τὼ χωροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khōrophŭ́lăke	τοὺς χωροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khōrophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	χωροφῠ́λᾰξ khōrophŭ́lăx	χωροφῠ́λᾰκε khōrophŭ́lăke	χωροφῠ́λᾰκες khōrophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χωροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press