θεοφύλαξ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From θεός (theós, “god, deity”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.oˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.oˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.oˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.oˈfi.laks/
Noun[edit]
θεοφῠ́λᾰξ • (theophúlax) m (genitive θεοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θεοφῠ́λᾰξ ho theophúlax |
τὼ θεοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ theophúlake |
οἱ θεοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi theophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θεοφῠ́λᾰκος toû theophúlakos |
τοῖν θεοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn theophulákoin |
τῶν θεοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn theophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θεοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi theophúlaki |
τοῖν θεοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn theophulákoin |
τοῖς θεοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / θεοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs theophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θεοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn theophúlaka |
τὼ θεοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ theophúlake |
τοὺς θεοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs theophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θεοφῠ́λᾰξ theophúlax |
θεοφῠ́λᾰκε theophúlake |
θεοφῠ́λᾰκες theophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- “θεοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θεοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette