ὁρμοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅρμος (hórmos, “anchorage, haven”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hor.mo.pʰý.laks/ → /or.moˈɸy.laks/ → /or.moˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hor.mo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)or.moˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.moˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.moˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.moˈfi.laks/

Noun

ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hormophúlax) m (genitive ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. harbour-master

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hormophúlax	τὼ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hormophúlake	οἱ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hormophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hormophúlakos	τοῖν ὁρμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hormophulákoin	τῶν ὁρμοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hormophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hormophúlaki	τοῖν ὁρμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hormophulákoin	τοῖς ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hormophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hormophúlaka	τὼ ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hormophúlake	τοὺς ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hormophúlakas
Vocative	ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ hormophúlax	ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκε hormophúlake	ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰκες hormophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁρμοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (hormophulakíā)

Further reading

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