Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φυλακός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυλακός φυλακοῦ

Structure: φυλακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: epic and ionic for fu/lac, Il., Hdt.

Sense

Declension

Second 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

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν φυλάκουσ λάθοι, οὐδέ κ’ ὀχῆα ῥεῖα μετοχλίσσειε θυράων ἡμετεράων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 53:6)
  • κάτισον τῶν δορυφόρων ἐπὶ πάσῃσι τῇσι πύλῃσι φυλάκουσ, οἳ λεγόντων πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐκφέροντασ τὰ χρήματα ἀπαιρεόμενοι ὡσ σφέα ἀναγκαίωσ ἔχει δεκατευθῆναι τῷ Διί. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 89 4:1)
  • τοῦ φωρὸσ τὸν νέκυν κατὰ τοῦ τείχεοσ κατακρεμάσαι, φυλάκουσ δὲ αὐτοῦ καταστήσαντα ἐντείλασθαί σφι, τὸν ἂν ἴδωνται ἀποκλαύσαντα ἢ κατοικτισάμενον, συλλαβόντασ ἄγειν πρὸσ ἑωυτόν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 121C 1:3)
  • τοὺσ δὲ φυλάκουσ ὡσ ἰδεῖν πολλὸν ῥέοντα τὸν οἶνον, συντρέχειν ἐσ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀγγήια ἔχοντασ, καὶ τὸν ἐκκεχυμένον οἶνον συγκομίζειν ἐν κέρδεϊ ποιευμένουσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 121D 2:2)
  • δαψιλέι δὲ τῷ ποτῷ χρησαμένουσ τοὺσ φυλάκουσ ὑπερμεθυσθῆναι καὶ κρατηθέντασ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ ἔνθα περ ἔπινον κατακοιμηθῆναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 121D 5:2)

Related

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION