μαγδωλοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰ́γδωλος (mágdōlos, “watchtower”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɡ.dɔː.lo.pʰý.laks/ → /maɣ.ðo.loˈɸy.laks/ → /maɣ.ðo.loˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maɡ.dɔː.lo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maɡ.do.loˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maɣ.ðo.loˈfi.laks/

Noun

μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (magdōlophúlax) m (genitive μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guard of the watchtower

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho magdōlophúlax	τὼ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ magdōlophúlake	οἱ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi magdōlophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû magdōlophúlakos	τοῖν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn magdōlophulákoin	τῶν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn magdōlophulákōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi magdōlophúlaki	τοῖν μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn magdōlophulákoin	τοῖς μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs magdōlophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn magdōlophúlaka	τὼ μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ magdōlophúlake	τοὺς μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs magdōlophúlakas
Vocative	μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰξ magdōlophúlax	μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκε magdōlophúlake	μᾰγδωλοφῠ́λᾰκες magdōlophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μᾰγδωλοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (magdōlophulakíā)

Further reading

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