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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

  • κείνῳ γὰρ ἡ Διὸσ κόρη φρουρὼ παραζεύξασα φύλακε σώματοσ δισσὼ δράκοντε, παρθένοισ Ἀγλαυρίσι δίδωσι σῴζειν· (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:4)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τὼ ἄνδρε καὶ κατὰ τύχην καὶ κατ’ ἐπιμέλειαν ἐγενέσθην φύλακε κατὰ τὰσ πύλασ ταύτασ ἔνθαπερ τὸ τροπαῖον ἕστηκεν, οὕτω δὴ ἔχων ὁ Πραξίτασ ἔρχεται τήν τε μόραν καὶ Σικυωνίουσ καὶ Κορινθίων ὅσοι φυγάδεσ ὄντεσ ἐτύγχανον. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 9:1)

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