ὑδροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) +‎ φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dro.pʰý.laks/ → /y.ðroˈɸy.laks/ → /i.ðroˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.droˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðroˈfi.laks/

Noun

ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hudrophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guard or inspector of aqueducts or irrigation works

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hudrophŭ́lăx	τὼ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hudrophŭ́lăke	οἱ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hudrophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hudrophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hudrophŭlắkoin	τῶν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hudrophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hudrophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hudrophŭlắkoin	τοῖς ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hudrophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hudrophŭ́lăkă	τὼ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hudrophŭ́lăke	τοὺς ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hudrophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ hudrophŭ́lăx	ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε hudrophŭ́lăke	ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκες hudrophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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