ἱεροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.e.ro.pʰý.laks/ → /i.e.roˈɸy.laks/ → /i.e.roˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.e.ro.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.e.roˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈfi.laks/

Noun

ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hierophúlax) m (genitive ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guardian of a temple

   Synonym: ναοφύλαξ (naophúlax)

2. pontifex

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ ho hierophúlax	τὼ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hierophúlake	οἱ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi hierophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκος toû hierophúlakos	τοῖν ἱεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hierophulákoin	τῶν ἱεροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn hierophulákōn
Dative	τῷ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi hierophúlaki	τοῖν ἱεροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn hierophulákoin	τοῖς ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs hierophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn hierophúlaka	τὼ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ hierophúlake	τοὺς ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs hierophúlakas
Vocative	ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ hierophúlax	ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκε hierophúlake	ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκες hierophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ἱεροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Derived terms

• ἱεροφυλάκιον (hierophulákion)

Descendants

• → Latin: hierophylax

Further reading

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