ῥισκοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥῐ́σκος (rhĭ́skos, “coffer; chest”) + φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥is.ko.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ris.koˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ris.koˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ris.koˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ris.koˈfi.laks/
Noun
ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ • (rhĭskophŭ́lăx) m (genitive ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- treasurer
- Synonyms: γᾱζοφῠ́λᾰξ (gāzophŭ́lăx), θησαυροφῠ́λᾰξ (thēsaurophŭ́lăx)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ ho rhĭskophŭ́lăx |
τὼ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ rhĭskophŭ́lăke |
οἱ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi rhĭskophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκος toû rhĭskophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn rhĭskophŭlắkoin |
τῶν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn rhĭskophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî rhĭskophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn rhĭskophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs rhĭskophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn rhĭskophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ rhĭskophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs rhĭskophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰξ rhĭskophŭ́lăx |
ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκε rhĭskophŭ́lăke |
ῥῐσκοφῠ́λᾰκες rhĭskophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥῐσκοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (rhĭskophŭlắkĭon)
Further reading
- “ῥισκοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥισκοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette