ὀροφύλαξ

See also: ὁροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ • (orophúlax) m (genitive ὀροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. mountain-guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ ho orophúlax	τὼ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orophúlake	οἱ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi orophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκος toû orophúlakos	τοῖν ὀροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orophulákoin	τῶν ὀροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn orophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi orophúlaki	τοῖν ὀροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orophulákoin	τοῖς ὀροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὀροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs orophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn orophúlaka	τὼ ὀροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orophúlake	τοὺς ὀροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs orophúlakas
Vocative	ὀροφῠ́λᾰξ orophúlax	ὀροφῠ́λᾰκε orophúlake	ὀροφῠ́λᾰκες orophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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