Hellas Alive Dictionary - οπισθοφυλαξ

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ὀπισθοφύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀπισθοφύλαξ ὀπισθοφύλακος

Structure: ὀπισθοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

one who guards the rear, the rear-guard

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀπισθοφύλαξ	ὀπισθοφύλακε	ὀπισθοφύλακες
Genitive	ὀπισθοφύλακος	ὀπισθοφυλάκοιν	ὀπισθοφυλάκων
Dative	ὀπισθοφύλακι	ὀπισθοφυλάκοιν	ὀπισθοφύλαξιν*
Accusative	ὀπισθοφύλακα	ὀπισθοφύλακε	ὀπισθοφύλακας
Vocative	ὀπισθοφύλαξ	ὀπισθοφύλακε	ὀπισθοφύλακες

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

οἱ δὲ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔπασχον μὲν κακῶσ, ἀντεποίουν δ’ οὐδέν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 9:3)
Ξενοφῶν δὲ ἔχων τοὺσ ὀπισθοφύλακασ ἡγεῖτο πρὸσ τὴν φανερὰν ἔκβασιν, ὅπωσ ταύτῃ τῇ ὁδῷ οἱ πολέμιοι προσέχοιεν τὸν νοῦν καὶ ὡσ μάλιστα λάθοιεν οἱ περιιόντεσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 3:3)
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦσαν ἐπὶ χαράδρᾳ οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ ἣν ἔδει διαβάντασ πρὸσ τὸ ὄρθιον ἐκβαίνειν, τηνικαῦτα ἐκύλινδον οἱ βάρβαροι ὁλοιτρόχουσ ἁμαξιαίουσ καὶ μείζουσ καὶ ἐλάττουσ, οἳ φερόμενοι πρὸσ τὰσ πέτρασ παίοντεσ διεσφενδονῶντο· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 4:1)
Ξενοφῶν δὲ ἔχων τῶν ὀπισθοφυλάκων τοὺσ ἡμίσεισ ἐπορεύετο ᾗπερ οἱ τὸν ἡγεμόνα ἔχοντεσ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 10:2)
οἱ δ’ ἄρα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄκρου καθορῶντεσ τὰ ὄπισθεν γιγνόμενα πάντεσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὀπισθοφύλακασ ἐχώρουν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 16:2)

Synonyms

one who guards the rear
- οὐρά̄ ( the rear-guard, rear)
- οὐραγός (leader of the rear-guard)

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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one who guards the rear

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Sense

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one who guards the rear

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