αἰγιαλοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰγῐᾰλός (aigialós, “shore, beach”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lo.pʰý.laks/ → /ɛ.ʝi.a.loˈɸy.laks/ → /e.ʝi.a.loˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lo.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡi.a.loˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʝi.a.loˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.a.loˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.a.loˈfi.laks/

Noun

αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (aigialophúlax) m (genitive αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. warden of the shore

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho aigialophúlax	τὼ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ aigialophúlake	οἱ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi aigialophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû aigialophúlakos	τοῖν αἰγῐᾰλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn aigialophulákoin	τῶν αἰγῐᾰλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn aigialophulákōn
Dative	τῷ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi aigialophúlaki	τοῖν αἰγῐᾰλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn aigialophulákoin	τοῖς αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs aigialophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn aigialophúlaka	τὼ αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ aigialophúlake	τοὺς αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs aigialophúlakas
Vocative	αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ aigialophúlax	αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκε aigialophúlake	αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰκες aigialophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “αἰγιαλοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰγιαλοφύλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)