μηνιγγοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῆνῐγξ (mêninx, “membrane, meninx”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.niŋ.ɡo.pʰý.laks/ → /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈɸy.laks/ → /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.niŋ.ɡo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.niŋ.ɡoˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈfi.laks/

Noun

μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ • (mēningophúlax) m (genitive μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. metallic protector to prevent injuries to the meninx in operations on the skull

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ ho mēningophúlax	τὼ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ mēningophúlake	οἱ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi mēningophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος toû mēningophúlakos	τοῖν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn mēningophulákoin	τῶν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn mēningophulákōn
Dative	τῷ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi mēningophúlaki	τοῖν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn mēningophulákoin	τοῖς μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs mēningophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn mēningophúlaka	τὼ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ mēningophúlake	τοὺς μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs mēningophúlakas
Vocative	μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ mēningophúlax	μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε mēningophúlake	μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκες mēningophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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