ῥισκοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥίσκος (rhískos, “coffer, chest”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥is.ko.pʰý.laks/ → /ris.koˈɸy.laks/ → /ris.koˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥is.ko.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ris.koˈfi.laks/

Noun

ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (rhiskophúlax) m (genitive ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. treasurer

   Synonyms: γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophúlax), θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ (thēsaurophúlax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho rhiskophúlax	τὼ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ rhiskophúlake	οἱ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi rhiskophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû rhiskophúlakos	τοῖν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn rhiskophulákoin	τῶν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn rhiskophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi rhiskophúlaki	τοῖν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn rhiskophulákoin	τοῖς ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs rhiskophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn rhiskophúlaka	τὼ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ rhiskophúlake	τοὺς ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs rhiskophúlakas
Vocative	ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ rhiskophúlax	ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε rhiskophúlake	ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκες rhiskophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (rhiskophulákion)

Further reading

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