ἡμεροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.me.ro.pʰý.laks/ → /i.me.roˈɸy.laks/ → /i.me.roˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.me.ro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.me.roˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.me.roˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.me.roˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.me.roˈfi.laks/

Noun

ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hēmerophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. day-watcher

   Synonym: ἡμεροσκόπος (hēmeroskópos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hēmerophŭ́lăx	τὼ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hēmerophŭ́lăke	οἱ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hēmerophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hēmerophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν ἡμεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hēmerophŭlắkoin	τῶν ἡμεροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hēmerophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hēmerophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν ἡμεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hēmerophŭlắkoin	τοῖς ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hēmerophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hēmerophŭ́lăkă	τὼ ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hēmerophŭ́lăke	τοὺς ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hēmerophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ hēmerophŭ́lăx	ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκε hēmerophŭ́lăke	ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰκες hēmerophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἡμεροφῠλᾰκέω (hēmerophŭlăkéō)

Further reading

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