ἐφηβοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.bo.pʰý.laks/ → /e.ɸi.βoˈɸy.laks/ → /e.fi.voˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.bo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰe̝.boˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸi.βoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fi.voˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fi.voˈfi.laks/

Noun

ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ • (ephēbophúlax) m (genitive ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. title of an official at Pergamum

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ ho ephēbophúlax	τὼ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ ephēbophúlake	οἱ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi ephēbophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκος toû ephēbophúlakos	τοῖν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn ephēbophulákoin	τῶν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn ephēbophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi ephēbophúlaki	τοῖν ἐφηβοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn ephēbophulákoin	τοῖς ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs ephēbophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn ephēbophúlaka	τὼ ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ ephēbophúlake	τοὺς ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs ephēbophúlakas
Vocative	ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ ephēbophúlax	ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκε ephēbophúlake	ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰκες ephēbophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐφηβοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press