παιδοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰý.laks/ → /pɛ.ðoˈɸy.laks/ → /pe.ðoˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfi.laks/

Noun

παιδοφῠ́λᾰξ • (paidophúlax) m (genitive παιδοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. guardian of boys, a public officer at Stratonicea

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ παιδοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ παιδοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιδοφῠ́λᾰξ ho paidophúlax	τὼ παιδοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ paidophúlake	οἱ παιδοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi paidophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ παιδοφῠ́λᾰκος toû paidophúlakos	τοῖν παιδοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn paidophulákoin	τῶν παιδοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn paidophulákōn
Dative	τῷ παιδοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi paidophúlaki	τοῖν παιδοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn paidophulákoin	τοῖς παιδοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / παιδοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs paidophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν παιδοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn paidophúlaka	τὼ παιδοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ paidophúlake	τοὺς παιδοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs paidophúlakas
Vocative	παιδοφῠ́λᾰξ paidophúlax	παιδοφῠ́λᾰκε paidophúlake	παιδοφῠ́λᾰκες paidophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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