οἰκοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.pʰý.laks/ → /y.koˈɸy.laks/ → /i.koˈfi.laks/

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

Noun

οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (oikophúlax) m (genitive οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. house-guard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho oikophúlax	τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophúlake	οἱ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi oikophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû oikophúlakos	τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophulákoin	τῶν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn oikophulákōn
Dative	τῷ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi oikophúlaki	τοῖν οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn oikophulákoin	τοῖς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs oikophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn oikophúlaka	τὼ οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ oikophúlake	τοὺς οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs oikophúlakas
Vocative	οἰκοφῠ́λᾰξ oikophúlax	οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκε oikophúlake	οἰκοφῠ́λᾰκες oikophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰκοφῠλᾰκέω (oikophulakéō)
• οἰκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (oikophulákion)

 

Further reading

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