παλαιστροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰλαίστρᾱ (palaístrā, “wrestling-school”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lai̯s.tro.pʰý.laks/ → /pa.lɛs.troˈɸy.laks/ → /pa.les.troˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lai̯s.tro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.lɛs.troˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.lɛs.troˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.les.troˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.les.troˈfi.laks/

Noun

πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ • (palaistrophúlax) m (genitive πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. superintendent of a wrestling-school

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ ho palaistrophúlax	τὼ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ palaistrophúlake	οἱ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi palaistrophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκος toû palaistrophúlakos	τοῖν πᾰλαιστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn palaistrophulákoin	τῶν πᾰλαιστροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn palaistrophulákōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi palaistrophúlaki	τοῖν πᾰλαιστροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn palaistrophulákoin	τοῖς πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs palaistrophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn palaistrophúlaka	τὼ πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ palaistrophúlake	τοὺς πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs palaistrophúlakas
Vocative	πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ palaistrophúlax	πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκε palaistrophúlake	πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰκες palaistrophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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