ὑδροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) +‎ φῠ́λᾰξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dro.pʰý.laks/ → /y.ðroˈɸy.laks/ → /i.ðroˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.droˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðroˈfi.laks/

Noun

ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hudrophúlax) m (genitive ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guard or inspector of aqueducts or irrigation works

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hudrophúlax	τὼ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hudrophúlake	οἱ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hudrophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hudrophúlakos	τοῖν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hudrophulákoin	τῶν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hudrophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hudrophúlaki	τοῖν ὑδροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hudrophulákoin	τοῖς ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hudrophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hudrophúlaka	τὼ ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hudrophúlake	τοὺς ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hudrophúlakas
Vocative	ὑδροφῠ́λᾰξ hudrophúlax	ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκε hudrophúlake	ὑδροφῠ́λᾰκες hudrophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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