ἀγροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγρός (agrós, “countryside”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡro.pʰý.laks/ → /a.ɣroˈɸy.laks/ → /a.ɣroˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡroˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣroˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣroˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣroˈfi.laks/

Noun

ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ • (agrophúlax) m (genitive ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guardian of the country

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ ho agrophúlax	τὼ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ agrophúlake	οἱ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi agrophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκος toû agrophúlakos	τοῖν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn agrophulákoin	τῶν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn agrophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi agrophúlaki	τοῖν ἀγροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn agrophulákoin	τοῖς ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs agrophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn agrophúlaka	τὼ ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ agrophúlake	τοὺς ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs agrophúlakas
Vocative	ἀγροφῠ́λᾰξ agrophúlax	ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκε agrophúlake	ἀγροφῠ́λᾰκες agrophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀγροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγροφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)