χαλαζοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰ́λᾰζα (khálaza, “hail”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.laz.do.pʰý.laks/ → /xa.la.zoˈɸy.laks/ → /xa.la.zoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.laz.do.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.la.zoˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.la.zoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.la.zoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.la.zoˈfi.laks/

Noun

χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ • (khalazophúlax) m (genitive χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. hail-guard, one who averts hail by magical rites

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ ho khalazophúlax	τὼ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khalazophúlake	οἱ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khalazophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκος toû khalazophúlakos	τοῖν χᾰλᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khalazophulákoin	τῶν χᾰλᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khalazophulákōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi khalazophúlaki	τοῖν χᾰλᾰζοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khalazophulákoin	τοῖς χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khalazophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khalazophúlaka	τὼ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khalazophúlake	τοὺς χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khalazophúlakas
Vocative	χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ khalazophúlax	χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκε khalazophúlake	χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκες khalazophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ χᾰλᾰζοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Further reading

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