μηνιγγοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῆνῐγξ (mêninx, “membrane, meninx”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ • (mēningophúlax) m (genitive μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

  1. metallic protector to prevent injuries to the meninx in operations on the skull

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ
ho mēningophúlax		 τὼ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ mēningophúlake		 οἱ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκες
hoi mēningophúlakes
Genitive τοῦ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκος
toû mēningophúlakos		 τοῖν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn mēningophulákoin		 τῶν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κων
tôn mēningophulákōn
Dative τῷ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκῐ
tôi mēningophúlaki		 τοῖν μηνῐγγοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn mēningophulákoin		 τοῖς μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξῐν
toîs mēningophúlaxi(n)
Accusative τὸν μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ
tòn mēningophúlaka		 τὼ μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ mēningophúlake		 τοὺς μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς
toùs mēningophúlakas
Vocative μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ
mēningophúlax		 μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκε
mēningophúlake		 μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰκες
mēningophúlakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.