φυλακή

See also: Φυλάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φύλαξ (phúlax) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.la.kɛ̌ː/ → /ɸy.laˈci/ → /fi.laˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.la.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰy.laˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸy.laˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fy.laˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.laˈci/

Noun

φῠλᾰκή • (phulakḗ) f (genitive φῠλᾰκῆς); first declension

1. detention, custody
2. watch of the night

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῠλᾰκή; τῆς φῠλᾰκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῠλᾰκή hē phulakḗ	τὼ φῠλᾰκᾱ́ tṑ phulakā́	αἱ φῠλᾰκαί hai phulakaí
Genitive	τῆς φῠλᾰκῆς tês phulakês	τοῖν φῠλᾰκαῖν toîn phulakaîn	τῶν φῠλᾰκῶν tôn phulakôn
Dative	τῇ φῠλᾰκῇ têi phulakêi	τοῖν φῠλᾰκαῖν toîn phulakaîn	ταῖς φῠλᾰκαῖς taîs phulakaîs
Accusative	τὴν φῠλᾰκήν tḕn phulakḗn	τὼ φῠλᾰκᾱ́ tṑ phulakā́	τᾱ̀ς φῠλᾰκᾱ́ς tā̀s phulakā́s
Vocative	φῠλᾰκή phulakḗ	φῠλᾰκᾱ́ phulakā́	φῠλᾰκαί phulakaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: φυλακή (fylakí)

Further reading

• “φυλακή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φυλακή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φυλακή 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.
  • asylum idem, page 48.
  • blockade idem, page 84.
  • bondage idem, page 89.
  • captivity idem, page 113.
  • care idem, page 113.
  • caution idem, page 119.
  • circumspection idem, page 133.
  • confinement idem, page 158.
  • custody idem, page 191.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • detention idem, page 219.
  • durance idem, page 256.
  • garrison idem, page 354.
  • guard idem, page 376.
  • guardianship idem, page 377.
  • hold idem, page 402.
  • imprisonment idem, page 424.
  • keeping idem, page 468.
  • look-out idem, page 499.
  • maintenance idem, page 508.
  • precaution idem, page 634.
  • preservation idem, page 637.
  • protection idem, page 653.
  • restraint idem, page 705.
  • safe-guard idem, page 730.
  • safe-keeping idem, page 730.
  • safety idem, page 730.
  • sanctuary idem, page 733.
  • security idem, page 747.
  • shelter idem, page 764.
  • support idem, page 841.
  • surveillance idem, page 845.
  • tutelage idem, page 903.
  • vigil idem, page 951.
  • vigilance idem, page 951.
  • vindication idem, page 952.
  • ward idem, page 964.
  • wariness idem, page 964.
  • watch idem, page 965.
  • watchfulness idem, page 967.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυλακή (phulakḗ).

Noun

φυλακή • (fylakí) f (plural φυλακές)

1. prison, jail, gaol

   κελί φυλακής ― kelí fylakís ― prison cell

2. imprisonment

Declension

Declension of φυλακή

	singular	plural
nominative	φυλακή •	φυλακές •
genitive	φυλακής •	φυλακών •
accusative	φυλακή •	φυλακές •
vocative	φυλακή •	φυλακές •

Related terms

• φυλάκιση f (fylákisi, “imprisonment”)
• φυλακισμένος m (fylakisménos, “prisoner”)

See also

• κρατητήριο n (kratitírio, “cells in police station”)

Further reading

• φυλακή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language