μηνιγγοφύλαξ
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μῆνῐγξ (mêninx, “membrane, meninx”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.niŋ.ɡo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.niŋ.ɡoˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.niŋ.ɡoˈfi.laks/
Noun
[edit]μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ • (mēningophúlax) m (genitive μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ ho mēningophúlax |
τὼ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ mēningophúlake |
οἱ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi mēningophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος toû mēningophúlakos |
τοῖν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn mēningophulákoin |
τῶν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn mēningophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi mēningophúlaki |
τοῖν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn mēningophulákoin |
τοῖς μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs mēningophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn mēningophúlaka |
τὼ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ mēningophúlake |
τοὺς μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs mēningophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ mēningophúlax |
μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε mēningophúlake |
μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκες mēningophúlakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “μηνιγγοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μηνιγγοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette