hierophylax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱεροφύλαξ (hierophúlax).

Noun

hierophylax m (genitive hierophylacis); third declension

1. the keeper of a temple

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hierophylax	hierophylacēs
genitive	hierophylacis	hierophylacum
dative	hierophylacī	hierophylacibus
accusative	hierophylacem	hierophylacēs
ablative	hierophylace	hierophylacibus
vocative	hierophylax	hierophylacēs

Synonyms

• aedituus

References

• “hierophylax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hierophylax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.