ὁπλοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅπλον (hóplon, “tool, implement; weapon”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.plo.pʰý.laks/ → /o.ploˈɸy.laks/ → /o.ploˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.plo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.ploˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ploˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.ploˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.ploˈfi.laks/

Noun

ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (hoplophúlax) m (genitive ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. one who has the charge of arms, a weapon-keeper

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho hoplophúlax	τὼ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hoplophúlake	οἱ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hoplophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû hoplophúlakos	τοῖν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hoplophulákoin	τῶν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hoplophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hoplophúlaki	τοῖν ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hoplophulákoin	τοῖς ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hoplophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hoplophúlaka	τὼ ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hoplophúlake	τοὺς ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hoplophúlakas
Vocative	ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰξ hoplophúlax	ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκε hoplophúlake	ὁπλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoplophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁπλοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (hoplophulákion)

Further reading

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