χωροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “place, country, nation”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.ro.pʰý.laks/ → /xo.roˈɸy.laks/ → /xo.roˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.ro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰo.roˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xo.roˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xo.roˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xo.roˈfi.laks/

Noun

χωροφῠ́λᾰξ • (khōrophúlax) m (genitive χωροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guard or watcher of a country or place

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χωροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ χωροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χωροφῠ́λᾰξ ho khōrophúlax	τὼ χωροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khōrophúlake	οἱ χωροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khōrophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ χωροφῠ́λᾰκος toû khōrophúlakos	τοῖν χωροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khōrophulákoin	τῶν χωροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khōrophulákōn
Dative	τῷ χωροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi khōrophúlaki	τοῖν χωροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khōrophulákoin	τοῖς χωροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χωροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khōrophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χωροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khōrophúlaka	τὼ χωροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khōrophúlake	τοὺς χωροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khōrophúlakas
Vocative	χωροφῠ́λᾰξ khōrophúlax	χωροφῠ́λᾰκε khōrophúlake	χωροφῠ́λᾰκες khōrophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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