γαζοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γάζα (gáza, “treasure”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːz.do.pʰý.laks/ → /ɣa.zoˈɸy.laks/ → /ɣa.zoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡaːz.do.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.zoˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.zoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.zoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.zoˈfi.laks/

Noun

γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ • (gāzophúlax) m (genitive γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. treasurer

   Synonyms: θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ (thēsaurophúlax), ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ (rhiskophúlax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ ho gāzophúlax	τὼ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ gāzophúlake	οἱ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi gāzophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκος toû gāzophúlakos	τοῖν γᾱζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn gāzophulákoin	τῶν γᾱζοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn gāzophulákōn
Dative	τῷ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi gāzophúlaki	τοῖν γᾱζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn gāzophulákoin	τοῖς γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs gāzophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn gāzophúlaka	τὼ γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ gāzophúlake	τοὺς γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs gāzophúlakas
Vocative	γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ gāzophúlax	γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκε gāzophúlake	γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰκες gāzophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γᾱζοφυλακέω (gāzophulakéō)
• γᾱζοφυλάκιον (gāzophulákion)

 

Further reading

• “γαζοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαζοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γαζοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαζοφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)