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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

  • ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἐὰν σαλευθῶσι φύλακεσ τῆσ οἰκίασ καὶ διαστραφῶσιν ἄνδρεσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ, καὶ ἤργησαν αἱ ἀλήθουσαι, ὅτι ὠλιγώθησαν, καὶ σκοτάσουσιν αἱ βλέπουσαι ἐν ταῖσ ὀπαῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 12:3)
  • εὕροσάν με οἱ φύλακεσ οἱ κυκλοῦντεσ ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐπάταξάν με, ἐτραυμάτισάν με. ἦραν τὸ θέριστρόν μου ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ φύλακεσ τῶν τειχέων. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 5:7)
  • υἱοὶ Ἀραδίων καὶ ἡ δύναμίσ σου ἐπὶ τῶν τειχέων σου φύλακεσ ἐν τοῖσ πύργοισ σου ἦσαν, τὰσ φαρέτρασ αὐτῶν ἐκρέμασαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὅρμων σου κύκλῳ. οὗτοι ἐτελείωσάν σου τὸ κάλλοσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:11)
  • φύλακεσ στρατιᾶσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, anapests13)

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