χιμαιροφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χῐ́μαιρᾰ (khĭ́mairă, “she-goat”) + φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰi.mai̯.ro.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰi.mɛ.roˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çi.mɛ.roˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çi.me.roˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çi.me.roˈfi.laks/
Noun
χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξ • (khĭmairophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξ ho khĭmairophŭ́lăx |
τὼ χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khĭmairophŭ́lăke |
οἱ χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκες hoi khĭmairophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκος toû khĭmairophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν χῐμαιροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khĭmairophŭlắkoin |
τῶν χῐμαιροφῠλᾰ́κων tôn khĭmairophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî khĭmairophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν χῐμαιροφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn khĭmairophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs khĭmairophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn khĭmairophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ khĭmairophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs khĭmairophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξ khĭmairophŭ́lăx |
χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκε khĭmairophŭ́lăke |
χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰκες khĭmairophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χιμαιροφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χιμαιροφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette