hierophylax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱεροφύλαξ (hierophúlax).

Noun

hierophylax m (genitive hierophylacis); third declension

1. the keeper of a temple

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hierophylax	hierophylacēs
Genitive	hierophylacis	hierophylacum
Dative	hierophylacī	hierophylacibus
Accusative	hierophylacem	hierophylacēs
Ablative	hierophylace	hierophylacibus
Vocative	hierophylax	hierophylacēs

Synonyms

• aedituus

References

• “hierophylax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hierophylax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.