καρποφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰρπός (karpós, “fruit”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.po.pʰý.laks/ → /kar.poˈɸy.laks/ → /kar.poˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.po.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kar.poˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kar.poˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kar.poˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kar.poˈfi.laks/

Noun

κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ • (karpophúlax) m (genitive κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. watcher of fruit

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ ho karpophúlax	τὼ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ karpophúlake	οἱ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκες hoi karpophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκος toû karpophúlakos	τοῖν κᾰρποφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn karpophulákoin	τῶν κᾰρποφῠλᾰ́κων tôn karpophulákōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi karpophúlaki	τοῖν κᾰρποφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn karpophulákoin	τοῖς κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξῐ / κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs karpophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn karpophúlaka	τὼ κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ karpophúlake	τοὺς κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs karpophúlakas
Vocative	κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰξ karpophúlax	κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκε karpophúlake	κᾰρποφῠ́λᾰκες karpophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καρποφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press