φύλακας

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰý.la.kas/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.la.kas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.la.kas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.la.kas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.la.kas/

Noun

φῠ́λᾰκᾰς • (phúlakas) m

accusative plural of φῠ́λᾰξ (phúlax)

Further reading

φύλακας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῠ́λᾰξ, φῠ́λᾰκος (phúlax, phúlakos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfi.la.kas/
Hyphenation: φύ‧λα‧κας

Noun

φύλακας • (fýlakas) m or f (plural φύλακες)

guard, gatekeeper, attendant, warden, custodian

Declension

declension of φύλακας

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	φύλακας •	φύλακες •
genitive	φύλακα •	φυλάκων •
accusative	φύλακα •	φύλακες •
vocative	φύλακα •	φύλακες •

Synonyms

φρουρός (frourós), σκοπός (skopós)

Derived terms

ακτοφύλακας m (aktofýlakas, “coast guard”)
αρχειοφύλακας m or f (archeiofýlakas, “custodian, warden”)
τερματοφύλακας m or f (termatofýlakas, “goalkeeper”)
φαροφύλακας m (farofýlakas, “lighthouse keeper”)
συνοριοφύλακας m or f (synoriofýlakas, “border guard”)

Related terms

φυλακή f (fylakí, “prison, imprisonment”)

Further reading

φύλακας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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