οἰνοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὠνοφῠ́λᾰξ (ōnophúlax)

Etymology

From οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.no.pʰý.laks/ → /y.noˈɸy.laks/ → /i.noˈfi.laks/

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

Noun

οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (oinophúlax) m (genitive οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. officer who had charge of the municipal wines

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho oinophúlax	τὼ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oinophúlake	οἱ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi oinophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû oinophúlakos	τοῖν οἰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oinophulákoin	τῶν οἰνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn oinophulákōn
Dative	τῷ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi oinophúlaki	τοῖν οἰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oinophulákoin	τοῖς οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs oinophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn oinophúlaka	τὼ οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oinophúlake	τοὺς οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs oinophúlakas
Vocative	οἰνοφῠ́λᾰξ oinophúlax	οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκε oinophúlake	οἰνοφῠ́λᾰκες oinophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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