εἰρηνοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.no.pʰý.laks/ → /i.ri.noˈɸy.laks/ → /i.ri.noˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.no.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.re̝.noˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ri.noˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ri.noˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ri.noˈfi.laks/

Noun

εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (eirēnophúlax) m (genitive εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guardian of peace, the title of a police magistrate

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho eirēnophúlax	τὼ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ eirēnophúlake	οἱ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi eirēnophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû eirēnophúlakos	τοῖν εἰρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn eirēnophulákoin	τῶν εἰρηνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn eirēnophulákōn
Dative	τῷ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi eirēnophúlaki	τοῖν εἰρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn eirēnophulákoin	τοῖς εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs eirēnophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn eirēnophúlaka	τὼ εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ eirēnophúlake	τοὺς εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs eirēnophúlakas
Vocative	εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ eirēnophúlax	εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε eirēnophúlake	εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες eirēnophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰρηνοφῠλᾰκέω (eirēnophulakéō)

Further reading

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