θησαυροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.sau̯.ro.pʰý.laks/ → /θi.sa.βroˈɸy.laks/ → /θi.sa.vroˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.sau̯.ro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.saw.roˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.sa.βroˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.sa.vroˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.sa.vroˈfi.laks/

Noun

θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ • (thēsaurophúlax) m (genitive θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. treasurer

   Synonyms: γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophúlax), ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ (rhiskophúlax)

2. guard of the state-granaries

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ ho thēsaurophúlax	τὼ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ thēsaurophúlake	οἱ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi thēsaurophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκος toû thēsaurophúlakos	τοῖν θησαυροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn thēsaurophulákoin	τῶν θησαυροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn thēsaurophulákōn
Dative	τῷ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi thēsaurophúlaki	τοῖν θησαυροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn thēsaurophulákoin	τοῖς θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs thēsaurophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn thēsaurophúlaka	τὼ θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ thēsaurophúlake	τοὺς θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs thēsaurophúlakas
Vocative	θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ thēsaurophúlax	θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκε thēsaurophúlake	θησαυροφῠ́λᾰκες thēsaurophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θησαυροφῠλᾰκέω (thēsaurophulakéō)
• θησαυροφῠλᾰκῐκόν (thēsaurophulakikón)
• θησαυροφῠλᾰ́κῐον (thēsaurophulákion)

 

Further reading

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