κρηνοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

κρήνη (krḗnē, “well, spring, fountain”) +‎ φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard”). Compare Ἰ̄νωποφῠ́λᾰξ (Īnōpophŭ́lăx).

κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ • (krēnophŭ́lăx) m (genitive κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

warden of the springs
(Athenian) official in charge of the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ (klepsŭ́drā, “water clock”)
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 8.113
(Athenian) a bronze statue of a lion which stood over the spring that fed the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ (klepsŭ́drā, “water clock”)
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 1c

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ ho krēnophŭ́lăx	τὼ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ krēnophŭ́lăke	οἱ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi krēnophŭ́lăkes
Genitive	τοῦ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκος toû krēnophŭ́lăkos	τοῖν κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn krēnophŭlắkoin	τῶν κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn krēnophŭlắkōn
Dative	τῷ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi krēnophŭ́lăkĭ	τοῖν κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn krēnophŭlắkoin	τοῖς κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs krēnophŭ́lăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn krēnophŭ́lăkă	τὼ κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ krēnophŭ́lăke	τοὺς κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs krēnophŭ́lăkăs
Vocative	κρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ krēnophŭ́lăx	κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκε krēnophŭ́lăke	κρηνοφῠ́λᾰκες krēnophŭ́lăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.