κρηνοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

κρήνη (krḗnē, “well, spring, fountain”) +‎ φῠ́λᾰξ (phúlax, “guard”). Compare Ἰ̄νωποφῠ́λᾰξ (Īnōpophúlax).

κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (krēnophúlax) m (genitive κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

warden of the springs
(Athenian) official in charge of the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ (klepsúdrā, “water clock”)
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 8.113
(Athenian) a bronze statue of a lion which stood over the spring that fed the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ (klepsúdrā, “water clock”)
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 1c

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho krēnophúlax	τὼ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ krēnophúlake	οἱ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi krēnophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû krēnophúlakos	τοῖν κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn krēnophulákoin	τῶν κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn krēnophulákōn
Dative	τῷ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi krēnophúlaki	τοῖν κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn krēnophulákoin	τοῖς κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs krēnophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn krēnophúlaka	τὼ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ krēnophúlake	τοὺς κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs krēnophúlakas
Vocative	κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ krēnophúlax	κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε krēnophúlake	κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες krēnophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.