μαστιγοφόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάστιξ (mástix, “whip, scourge”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mas.tiː.ɡo.pʰó.ros/ → /mas.ti.ɣoˈɸo.ros/ → /mas.ti.ɣoˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.tiː.ɡo.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mas.ti.ɡoˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mas.ti.ɣoˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mas.ti.ɣoˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mas.ti.ɣoˈfo.ros/

Adjective

μαστῑγοφόρος • (mastīgophóros) m or f (neuter μαστῑγοφόρον); second declension

1. scourge-bearing
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 35.1
   1. an epithet of Ajax
      • Arg., S.Aj.

Declension

Second declension of μαστῑγοφόρος; μαστῑγοφόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μαστῑγοφόρος mastīgophóros	μαστῑγοφόρον mastīgophóron		μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō	μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō		μαστῑγοφόροι mastīgophóroi	μαστῑγοφόρᾰ mastīgophóra
Genitive		μαστῑγοφόρου mastīgophórou	μαστῑγοφόρου mastīgophórou		μαστῑγοφόροιν mastīgophóroin	μαστῑγοφόροιν mastīgophóroin		μαστῑγοφόρων mastīgophórōn	μαστῑγοφόρων mastīgophórōn
Dative		μαστῑγοφόρῳ mastīgophórōi	μαστῑγοφόρῳ mastīgophórōi		μαστῑγοφόροιν mastīgophóroin	μαστῑγοφόροιν mastīgophóroin		μαστῑγοφόροις mastīgophórois	μαστῑγοφόροις mastīgophórois
Accusative		μαστῑγοφόρον mastīgophóron	μαστῑγοφόρον mastīgophóron		μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō	μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō		μαστῑγοφόρους mastīgophórous	μαστῑγοφόρᾰ mastīgophóra
Vocative		μαστῑγοφόρε mastīgophóre	μαστῑγοφόρον mastīgophóron		μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō	μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō		μαστῑγοφόροι mastīgophóroi	μαστῑγοφόρᾰ mastīgophóra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		—			—			μαστῑγοφορώτᾰτος mastīgophorṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

μαστῑγοφόρος • (mastīgophóros) m (genitive μαστῑγοφόρου); second declension

1. a policeman, especially at the Games
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 4 47
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Hermotimus 40
   1. (generally) of attendants on officials
      • PTeb. 121.58
      • PTeb. 179
      • PCair., Zen. 80.4

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μαστῑγοφόρος; τοῦ μαστῑγοφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μαστῑγοφόρος ho mastīgophóros	τὼ μαστῑγοφόρω tṑ mastīgophórō	οἱ μαστῑγοφόροι hoi mastīgophóroi
Genitive	τοῦ μαστῑγοφόρου toû mastīgophórou	τοῖν μαστῑγοφόροιν toîn mastīgophóroin	τῶν μαστῑγοφόρων tôn mastīgophórōn
Dative	τῷ μαστῑγοφόρῳ tôi mastīgophórōi	τοῖν μαστῑγοφόροιν toîn mastīgophóroin	τοῖς μαστῑγοφόροις toîs mastīgophórois
Accusative	τὸν μαστῑγοφόρον tòn mastīgophóron	τὼ μαστῑγοφόρω tṑ mastīgophórō	τοὺς μαστῑγοφόρους toùs mastīgophórous
Vocative	μαστῑγοφόρε mastīgophóre	μαστῑγοφόρω mastīgophórō	μαστῑγοφόροι mastīgophóroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μαστιγοφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μαστιγοφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μαστιγοφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • whip idem, page 976.