τειχοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /teː.kʰo.pʰý.laks/ → /ti.xoˈɸy.laks/ → /ti.xoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /teː.kʰo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.kʰoˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.xoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.xoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.xoˈfi.laks/

Noun

τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ • (teikhophúlax) m (genitive τειχοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. one that has the guard of the walls

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ ho teikhophúlax	τὼ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ teikhophúlake	οἱ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi teikhophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκος toû teikhophúlakos	τοῖν τειχοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn teikhophulákoin	τῶν τειχοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn teikhophulákōn
Dative	τῷ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi teikhophúlaki	τοῖν τειχοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn teikhophulákoin	τοῖς τειχοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / τειχοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs teikhophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν τειχοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn teikhophúlaka	τὼ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ teikhophúlake	τοὺς τειχοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs teikhophúlakas
Vocative	τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ teikhophúlax	τειχοφῠ́λᾰκε teikhophúlake	τειχοφῠ́λᾰκες teikhophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ τειχοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Derived terms

• τειχοφῠλᾰκέω (teikhophulakéō)

Further reading

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