ὁροφύλαξ

See also: ὀροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, limit”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.ro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)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

ὁροφῠ́λᾰξ • (horophúlax) m (genitive ὁροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. curator of boundary-stones
2. frontier guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὁροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὁροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁροφῠ́λᾰξ ho horophúlax	τὼ ὁροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ horophúlake	οἱ ὁροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi horophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ὁροφῠ́λᾰκος toû horophúlakos	τοῖν ὁροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn horophulákoin	τῶν ὁροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn horophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ὁροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi horophúlaki	τοῖν ὁροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn horophulákoin	τοῖς ὁροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὁροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs horophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὁροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn horophúlaka	τὼ ὁροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ horophúlake	τοὺς ὁροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs horophúlakas
Vocative	ὁροφῠ́λᾰξ horophúlax	ὁροφῠ́λᾰκε horophúlake	ὁροφῠ́λᾰκες horophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁροφῠλᾰκέω (horophulakéō)
• ὁροφῠλᾰκῐκός (horophulakikós)

 

Further reading

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