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κρηνοφύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρηνοφύλαξ κρηνοφύλακος

Structure: κρηνοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. warden of the springs
  2. (Athenian) official in charge of the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ ‎(klepsúdrā, “water clock”)
  3. (Athenian) a bronze statue of a lion which stood over the spring that fed the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ ‎(klepsúdrā, “water clock”)

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κρηνοφύλαξ κρηνοφύλακε κρηνοφύλακες
Genitive κρηνοφύλακος κρηνοφυλάκοιν κρηνοφυλάκων
Dative κρηνοφύλακι κρηνοφυλάκοιν κρηνοφύλαξιν*
Accusative κρηνοφύλακα κρηνοφύλακε κρηνοφύλακας
Vocative κρηνοφύλαξ κρηνοφύλακε κρηνοφύλακες

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.

Synonyms

  1. warden of the springs

  2. official in charge of the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ ‎

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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