ξενοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξένος (xénos, “foreigner”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kse.no.pʰý.laks/ → /kse.noˈɸy.laks/ → /kse.noˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kse.no.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈfi.laks/

Noun

ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ • (xenophúlax) m (genitive ξενοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. magistrate charged with the protection of foreigners

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ ho xenophúlax	τὼ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ xenophúlake	οἱ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi xenophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκος toû xenophúlakos	τοῖν ξενοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn xenophulákoin	τῶν ξενοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn xenophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi xenophúlaki	τοῖν ξενοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn xenophulákoin	τοῖς ξενοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ξενοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs xenophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ξενοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn xenophúlaka	τὼ ξενοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ xenophúlake	τοὺς ξενοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs xenophúlakas
Vocative	ξενοφῠ́λᾰξ xenophúlax	ξενοφῠ́λᾰκε xenophúlake	ξενοφῠ́λᾰκες xenophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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