εἱργμοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰργμοφῠ́λᾰξ (eirgmophúlax)

Etymology

From εἱργμός (heirgmós, “prison”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /heːrŋ.mo.pʰý.laks/ → /irɣ.moˈɸy.laks/ → /irɣ.moˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /heːrŋ.mo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)irɡ.moˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /irɣ.moˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /irɣ.moˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /irɣ.moˈfi.laks/

Noun

εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ • (heirgmophúlax) m (genitive εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. gaoler, jailer

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ ho heirgmophúlax	τὼ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ heirgmophúlake	οἱ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi heirgmophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκος toû heirgmophúlakos	τοῖν εἱργμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn heirgmophulákoin	τῶν εἱργμοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn heirgmophulákōn
Dative	τῷ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi heirgmophúlaki	τοῖν εἱργμοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn heirgmophulákoin	τοῖς εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs heirgmophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn heirgmophúlaka	τὼ εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ heirgmophúlake	τοὺς εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs heirgmophúlakas
Vocative	εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰξ heirgmophúlax	εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκε heirgmophúlake	εἱργμοφῠ́λᾰκες heirgmophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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