νομοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νόμος (nómos, “law”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νομοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nomophúlax) m (genitive νομοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

  1. guardian of the laws, a title of officials appointed to watch over the laws and their observance
  2. minor official under control of village elders, with police and fiscal duties

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ νομοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νομοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νομοφῠ́λᾰξ
ho nomophúlax		 τὼ νομοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ nomophúlake		 οἱ νομοφῠ́λᾰκες
hoi nomophúlakes
Genitive τοῦ νομοφῠ́λᾰκος
toû nomophúlakos		 τοῖν νομοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn nomophulákoin		 τῶν νομοφῠλᾰ́κων
tôn nomophulákōn
Dative τῷ νομοφῠ́λᾰκῐ
tôi nomophúlaki		 τοῖν νομοφῠλᾰ́κοιν
toîn nomophulákoin		 τοῖς νομοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νομοφῠ́λᾰξῐν
toîs nomophúlaxi(n)
Accusative τὸν νομοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ
tòn nomophúlaka		 τὼ νομοφῠ́λᾰκε
tṑ nomophúlake		 τοὺς νομοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς
toùs nomophúlakas
Vocative νομοφῠ́λᾰξ
nomophúlax		 νομοφῠ́λᾰκε
nomophúlake		 νομοφῠ́λᾰκες
nomophúlakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • νομοφυλακέω (nomophulakéō)
  • νομοφυλακία (nomophulakía)
  • νομοφυλακικός (nomophulakikós)
  • νομοφυλάκιον (nomophulákion)
  • νομοφυλακίς (nomophulakís)

Descendants
  • → English: nomophylax

Further reading
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