ἱεροφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔ερός (hĭerós, “holy”) +‎ φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰξ • (hĭerophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

  1. guardian of a temple
    Synonym: νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ (nāophŭ́lăx)
  2. pontifex

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰξ
ho hĭerophŭ́lăx 		τὼ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ hĭerophŭ́lăke 		οἱ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκες
hoi hĭerophŭ́lăkes
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκος
toû hĭerophŭ́lăkos 		τοῖν ῐ̔εροφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn hĭerophŭlắkoin 		τῶν ῐ̔εροφῠλᾰ́κων
tôn hĭerophŭlắkōn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκῐ
tōî hĭerophŭ́lăkĭ 		τοῖν ῐ̔εροφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn hĭerophŭlắkoin 		τοῖς ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰξῐν
toîs hĭerophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκᾰ
tòn hĭerophŭ́lăkă 		τὼ ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ hĭerophŭ́lăke 		τοὺς ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκᾰς
toùs hĭerophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰξ
hĭerophŭ́lăx 		ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκε
hĭerophŭ́lăke 		ῐ̔εροφῠ́λᾰκες
hĭerophŭ́lăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ῐ̔εροφῠλᾰ́κῐον (hĭerophŭlắkĭon)

Descendants

  • → Latin: hierophylax

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