"βιβλιοφύλαξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βιβλιοφύλαξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/, /βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/, /vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/, /bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /bi.bli.oˈpʰy.laks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /vi.vli.oˈfy.laks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”). Etymology templates: {{compound|grc|βῐβλῐ́ον|φύλαξ|t1=small book, tablet|t2=guard}} βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος|m|third|head=βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ}} βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (bĭblĭophŭ́lăx) m (genitive βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ|βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος|form=M}} Forms: βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ [canonical], bĭblĭophŭ́lăx [romanization], βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ [nominative, singular], τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε [dual, nominative], οἱ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες [nominative, plural], τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος [genitive, singular], τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κων [genitive, plural], τῷ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ [dative, plural], βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν [dative, plural], toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭ [dative, plural], toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭn [dative, plural], τὸν βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε [accusative, dual], τοὺς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς [accusative, plural], βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ [singular, vocative], βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε [dual, vocative], βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες [plural, vocative]
  1. keeper of archives Categories (topical): Occupations Derived forms: βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκέω (bĭblĭophŭlăkéō), βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (bĭblĭophŭlăkĭ́ā), βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον (bĭblĭophŭlắkĭon)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
        "3": "φύλαξ",
        "t1": "small book, tablet",
        "t2": "guard"
      },
      "expansion": "βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭophŭ́lăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi bĭblĭophŭ́lăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû bĭblĭophŭ́lăkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭophŭlắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn bĭblĭophŭlắkōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi bĭblĭophŭ́lăkĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭophŭlắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn bĭblĭophŭ́lăkă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭophŭ́lăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs bĭblĭophŭ́lăkăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (bĭblĭophŭ́lăx) m (genitive βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
        "2": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "grc:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bĭblĭophŭlăkéō",
          "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκέω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bĭblĭophŭlăkĭ́ā",
          "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bĭblĭophŭlắkĭon",
          "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "keeper of archives"
      ],
      "id": "en-βιβλιοφύλαξ-grc-noun-zz~TNBcp",
      "links": [
        [
          "keeper",
          "keeper"
        ],
        [
          "archive",
          "archive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.bli.oˈpʰy.laks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.vli.oˈfy.laks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βιβλιοφύλαξ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭlăkéō",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭlăkĭ́ā",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭlắkĭon",
      "word": "βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κῐον"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βῐβλῐ́ον",
        "3": "φύλαξ",
        "t1": "small book, tablet",
        "t2": "guard"
      },
      "expansion": "βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “small book, tablet”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭophŭ́lăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi bĭblĭophŭ́lăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû bĭblĭophŭ́lăkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭophŭlắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn bĭblĭophŭlắkōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi bĭblĭophŭ́lăkĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐβλῐοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭblĭophŭlắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs bĭblĭophŭ́lăxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn bĭblĭophŭ́lăkă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭblĭophŭ́lăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs bĭblĭophŭ́lăkăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "bĭblĭophŭ́lăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ • (bĭblĭophŭ́lăx) m (genitive βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰξ",
        "2": "βῐβλῐοφῠ́λᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 5-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek compound terms",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Occupations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "keeper of archives"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keeper",
          "keeper"
        ],
        [
          "archive",
          "archive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.bli.o.pʰý.laks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.bli.oˈpʰy.laks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βi.βli.oˈɸy.laks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.vli.oˈfy.laks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.vli.oˈfi.laks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βιβλιοφύλαξ"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (b81b832 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.