ἱματιοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῑ̔μᾰ́τῐον (hīmắtĭon, “cloth”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.ma.ti.o.pʰý.laks/ → /i.ma.ti.oˈɸy.laks/ → /i.ma.ti.oˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.ma.ti.o.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.ma.ti.oˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ti.oˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ti.oˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ti.oˈfi.laks/

Noun

ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hīmătĭophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. keeper of the wardrobe

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hīmătĭophŭ́lăx	τὼ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hīmătĭophŭ́lăke	οἱ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hīmătĭophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hīmătĭophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hīmătĭophŭlắkoin	τῶν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hīmătĭophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hīmătĭophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hīmătĭophŭlắkoin	τοῖς ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hīmătĭophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hīmătĭophŭ́lăkă	τὼ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hīmătĭophŭ́lăke	τοὺς ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hīmătĭophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ hīmătĭophŭ́lăx	ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκε hīmătĭophŭ́lăke	ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκες hīmătĭophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰκέω (hīmătĭophŭlăkéō)
• ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (hīmătĭophŭlắkĭon)

Further reading

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