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ναοφύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναοφύλαξ ναοφύλακος

Structure: ναοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: nao/s

Sense

  1. the keeper of a temple

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ναοφύλαξ ναοφύλακε ναοφύλακες
Genitive ναοφύλακος ναοφυλάκοιν ναοφυλάκων
Dative ναοφύλακι ναοφυλάκοιν ναοφύλαξιν*
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, οἱο͂ν ἐν ταῖσ μικραῖσ πόλεσιν, ἐνιαχοῦ δὲ πολλὰσ καὶ κεχωρισμένασ τῆσ ἱερωσύνησ, οἱο͂ν 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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