ῥισκοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥίσκος (rhískos, “coffer, chest”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥is.ko.pʰý.laks/ → /ris.koˈɸy.laks/ → /ris.koˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥is.ko.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈfi.laks/

Noun

ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (rhĭskophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. treasurer

   Synonyms: γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophŭ́lăx), θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ (thēsaurophŭ́lăx)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho rhĭskophŭ́lăx	τὼ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ rhĭskophŭ́lăke	οἱ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi rhĭskophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû rhĭskophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn rhĭskophŭlắkoin	τῶν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn rhĭskophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi rhĭskophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn rhĭskophŭlắkoin	τοῖς ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs rhĭskophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn rhĭskophŭ́lăkă	τὼ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ rhĭskophŭ́lăke	τοὺς ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs rhĭskophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ rhĭskophŭ́lăx	ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε rhĭskophŭ́lăke	ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκες rhĭskophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (rhĭskophŭlắkĭon)

Further reading

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