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εἰρηνοφύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰρηνοφύλαξ εἰρηνοφύλακος

Structure: εἰρηνοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a guardian of peace

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εἰρηνοφύλαξ εἰρηνοφύλακε εἰρηνοφύλακες
Genitive εἰρηνοφύλακος εἰρηνοφυλάκοιν εἰρηνοφυλάκων
Dative εἰρηνοφύλακι εἰρηνοφυλάκοιν εἰρηνοφύλαξιν*
Accusative εἰρηνοφύλακα εἰρηνοφύλακε εἰρηνοφύλακας
Vocative εἰρηνοφύλαξ εἰρηνοφύλακε εἰρηνοφύλακες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν γάρ Φιτιαλεῖσ εἰρηνοφύλακέσ τινεσ ὄντεσ, ὡσ δ̓ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, καὶ τοὔνομα λαβόντεσ ἀπὸ τῆσ πράξεωσ, λόγῳ τὰ νείκη κατέπαυον, οὐκ ἐῶντεσ στρατεύειν πρότερον ἢ πᾶσαν ἐλπίδα δίκησ ἀποκοπῆναι. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 12 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a guardian of peace

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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