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φύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φύλαξ φύλακος

Structure: φυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fula/ssw

Sense

  1. guard; sentry

Declension

Third declension

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

  • καὶ ἐπιστολὴν ἐπὶ Ἀσὰφ φύλακα τοῦ παραδείσου, ὅσ ἐστι τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὥστε δοῦναί μοι ξύλα στεγάσαι τὰσ πύλασ καὶ εἰσ τὸ τεῖχοσ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ εἰσ οἶκον, ὃν εἰσελεύσομαι εἰσ αὐτόν. καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι ὁ βασιλεὺσ ὡσ χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡ ἀγαθή. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 2:8)
  • καὶ ὅτε ἠκούσθη τὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ πρόσταγμα, συνήχθησαν πολλὰ κοράσια εἰσ Σοῦσαν τὴν πόλιν ὑπὸ χεῖρα Γαί̈, καὶ ἤχθη Ἐσθὴρ πρὸσ Γαί̈ τὸν φύλακα τῶν γυναικῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:8)
  • πάντεσ μὲν γὰρ πατέρεσ ἴσωσ πρὸσ τοὺσ παῖδασ τοιοῦτοι, ὁ δὲ καὶ περιττότερόν τι τῶν ἄλλων εἶχεν, εἰκότωσ, ὁρῶν μόνον ἐκεῖνον κηδεμόνα καὶ φύλακα τῆσ τυραννίδοσ καὶ μόνον προκινδυνεύοντα τοῦ πατρὸσ καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῇ ἀρχῇ παρεχόμενον. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 18:2)
  • τί γὰρ τοῦτον οὐκ ἂν οἰέσθε ἀποδόσθαι τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει σπουδαιοτάτων, ὅταν ὑμεῖσ ὡσ πιστὸν αὐτὸν καὶ δίκαιον φύλακα καταστήσητε; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 10:1)
  • Ἀγαμέμνων γοῦν τὸν ἀοιδὸν καταλείπει τῇ Κλυταιμνήστρᾳ φύλακα καὶ παραινετῆρά τινα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 24 1:1)
  • τίνοσ ἁ φυλακά; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 11)
  • σὲ γὰρ δὴ φύλακά φημ’ εἶναι στρατοῦ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:23)

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