πολιτοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῑ́της (polī́tēs, “citizen”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.liː.to.pʰý.laks/ → /po.li.toˈɸy.laks/ → /po.li.toˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.liː.to.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.li.toˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.li.toˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.li.toˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.li.toˈfi.laks/

Noun

πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (polītophúlax) m (genitive πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. warden of the citizens, title of a magistrate

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ ho polītophúlax	τὼ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ polītophúlake	οἱ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi polītophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκος toû polītophúlakos	τοῖν πολῑτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn polītophulákoin	τῶν πολῑτοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn polītophulákōn
Dative	τῷ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi polītophúlaki	τοῖν πολῑτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn polītophulákoin	τοῖς πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs polītophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn polītophúlaka	τὼ πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ polītophúlake	τοὺς πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs polītophúlakas
Vocative	πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ polītophúlax	πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκε polītophúlake	πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰκες polītophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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