βιβλιοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῐβλῐ́ον (biblíon, “small book, tablet”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/ → /βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/ → /vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/

Noun

βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (bibliophúlax) m (genitive βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. keeper of archives

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ ho bibliophúlax	τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ bibliophúlake	οἱ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi bibliophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος toû bibliophúlakos	τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn bibliophulákoin	τῶν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn bibliophulákōn
Dative	τῷ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi bibliophúlaki	τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn bibliophulákoin	τοῖς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs bibliophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn bibliophúlaka	τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ bibliophúlake	τοὺς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs bibliophúlakas
Vocative	βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ bibliophúlax	βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε bibliophúlake	βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες bibliophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκέω (bibliophulakéō)
• βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (bibliophulákion)
• βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (bibliophulakíā)

 

Further reading

• “βιβλιοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press