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ναοφύλαξ?

Third declension Noun; Transliteration: naophylax

Principal Part: ναοφύλαξ ναοφύλακος

Structure: ναοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ναός

Sense

  1. the keeper of a temple

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ναοφύλαξ ναοφύλακε ναοφύλακες
Genitive ναοφύλακος ναοφυλάκοιν ναοφυλάκων
Dative ναοφύλακι ναοφυλάκοιν ναοφύλαξι(ν)
Accusative ναοφύλακα ναοφύλακε ναοφύλακας
Vocative ναοφύλαξ ναοφύλακε ναοφύλακες

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

  • ὦ ναοφύλακες βώμιοί τ ἐπιστάται, Θόας ἄναξ γῆς τῆσδε ποῦ κυρεῖ βεβώς· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode1)
  • συμβαίνει δὲ τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ταύτην ἐνιαχοῦ μὲν εἶναι μίαν, οἱο῀ν ἐν ταῖς μικραῖς πόλεσιν, ἐνιαχοῦ δὲ πολλὰς καὶ κεχωρισμένας τῆς ἱερωσύνης, οἱο῀ν ἱεροποιοὺς καὶ ναοφύλακας καὶ ταμίας τῶν ἱερῶν χρημάτων. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 6 135:2)

Synonyms

  1. the keeper of a temple

Similar forms

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

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