πυργοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠ́ργος (púrgos, “tower”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.ɡo.pʰý.laks/ → /pyr.ɣoˈɸy.laks/ → /pir.ɣoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɡo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɡoˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɣoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ɣoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pir.ɣoˈfi.laks/

Noun

πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ • (purgophúlax) m (genitive πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. tower-guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ ho purgophúlax	τὼ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ purgophúlake	οἱ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi purgophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκος toû purgophúlakos	τοῖν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn purgophulákoin	τῶν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn purgophulákōn
Dative	τῷ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi purgophúlaki	τοῖν πῠργοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn purgophulákoin	τοῖς πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs purgophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn purgophúlaka	τὼ πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ purgophúlake	τοὺς πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs purgophúlakas
Vocative	πῠργοφῠ́λᾰξ purgophúlax	πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκε purgophúlake	πῠργοφῠ́λᾰκες purgophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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