ὀρφανοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀρφᾰνός (orphanós, “orphan”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.pʰa.no.pʰý.laks/ → /or.ɸa.noˈɸy.laks/ → /or.fa.noˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.pʰa.no.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.pʰa.noˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.ɸa.noˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.fa.noˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.fa.noˈfi.laks/

Noun

ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (orphanophúlax) m (genitive ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. (at Athens) one who guards orphans
2. (in the plural) guardians of orphans who had lost their fathers in war

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho orphanophúlax	τὼ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orphanophúlake	οἱ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi orphanophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû orphanophúlakos	τοῖν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orphanophulákoin	τῶν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn orphanophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi orphanophúlaki	τοῖν ὀρφᾰνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn orphanophulákoin	τοῖς ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs orphanophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn orphanophúlaka	τὼ ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ orphanophúlake	τοὺς ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs orphanophúlakas
Vocative	ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰξ orphanophúlax	ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκε orphanophúlake	ὀρφᾰνοφῠ́λᾰκες orphanophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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