ἐφηβοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.bo.pʰý.laks/ → /e.ɸi.βoˈɸy.laks/ → /e.fi.voˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.bo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰe̝.boˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸi.βoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fi.voˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fi.voˈfi.laks/

Noun

ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ • (ephēbophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. title of an official at Pergamum

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ ho ephēbophŭ́lăx	τὼ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ ephēbophŭ́lăke	οἱ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi ephēbophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος toû ephēbophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn ephēbophŭlắkoin	τῶν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn ephēbophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi ephēbophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn ephēbophŭlắkoin	τοῖς ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs ephēbophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn ephēbophŭ́lăkă	τὼ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ ephēbophŭ́lăke	τοὺς ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs ephēbophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ ephēbophŭ́lăx	ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε ephēbophŭ́lăke	ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκες ephēbophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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