ἱματιοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῑ̔μᾰ́τῐον (hīmátion, “cloth”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.ma.ti.o.pʰý.laks/ → /i.ma.ti.oˈɸy.laks/ → /i.ma.ti.oˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.ma.ti.o.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.ma.ti.oˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ti.oˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ti.oˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ti.oˈfi.laks/

Noun

ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hīmatiophúlax) m (genitive ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. keeper of the wardrobe

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hīmatiophúlax	τὼ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hīmatiophúlake	οἱ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hīmatiophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hīmatiophúlakos	τοῖν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hīmatiophulákoin	τῶν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hīmatiophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hīmatiophúlaki	τοῖν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hīmatiophulákoin	τοῖς ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hīmatiophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hīmatiophúlaka	τὼ ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hīmatiophúlake	τοὺς ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hīmatiophúlakas
Vocative	ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰξ hīmatiophúlax	ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκε hīmatiophúlake	ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠ́λᾰκες hīmatiophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰκέω (hīmatiophulakéō)
• ῑ̔μᾰτῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (hīmatiophulákion)

 

Further reading

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