"νυκτοφύλαξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /nyk.to.pʰý.laks/, /nyk.toˈɸy.laks/, /nik.toˈfi.laks/, /nyk.to.pʰý.laks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /nyk.toˈpʰy.laks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /nyk.toˈɸy.laks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /nyk.toˈfy.laks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /nik.toˈfi.laks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From νύξ (núx, “night”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”). Etymology templates: {{compound|grc|νύξ|φύλαξ|t1=night|t2=guard}} νύξ (núx, “night”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος|m|third|head=νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ}} νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nuktophúlax) m (genitive νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ|νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος|form=M}} Forms: νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ [canonical], nuktophúlax [romanization], νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ [nominative, singular], τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε [dual, nominative], οἱ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες [nominative, plural], τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος [genitive, singular], τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κων [genitive, plural], τῷ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ [dative, plural], νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν [dative, plural], toîs nuktophúlaxi [dative, plural], toîs nuktophúlaxin [dative, plural], τὸν νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε [accusative, dual], τοὺς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς [accusative, plural], νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ [singular, vocative], νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε [dual, vocative], νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες [plural, vocative]
  1. night-watchman, guard Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-νυκτοφύλαξ-grc-noun-fgfaHyTO Disambiguation of Occupations: 80 20 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (at Rome) vigiles, the police
    Sense id: en-νυκτοφύλαξ-grc-noun-X-H73Z7L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: νῠκτοφῠλᾰκέω (nuktophulakéō), νῠκτοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (nuktophulakíā)
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nuktophulakéō",
      "word": "νῠκτοφῠλᾰκέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nuktophulakíā",
      "word": "νῠκτοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νύξ",
        "3": "φύλαξ",
        "t1": "night",
        "t2": "guard"
      },
      "expansion": "νύξ (núx, “night”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From νύξ (núx, “night”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuktophúlax",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "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 νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho nuktophúlax",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ nuktophúlake",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi nuktophúlakes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû nuktophúlakos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktophulákoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn nuktophulákōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi nuktophúlaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktophulákoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs nuktophúlaxi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs nuktophúlaxin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn nuktophúlaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ nuktophúlake",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs nuktophúlakas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "nuktophúlax",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "nuktophúlake",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "nuktophúlakes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nuktophúlax) m (genitive νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
        "2": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "grc:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night-watchman, guard"
      ],
      "id": "en-νυκτοφύλαξ-grc-noun-fgfaHyTO",
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ],
        [
          "watchman",
          "watchman"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vigiles, the police"
      ],
      "id": "en-νυκτοφύλαξ-grc-noun-X-H73Z7L",
      "links": [
        [
          "vigil",
          "vigil"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "at Rome",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(at Rome) vigiles, the police"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.to.pʰý.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈɸy.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nik.toˈfi.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.to.pʰý.laks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈpʰy.laks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈɸy.laks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈfy.laks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nik.toˈfi.laks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νυκτοφύλαξ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 4-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"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nuktophulakéō",
      "word": "νῠκτοφῠλᾰκέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuktophulakíā",
      "word": "νῠκτοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νύξ",
        "3": "φύλαξ",
        "t1": "night",
        "t2": "guard"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From νύξ (núx, “night”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuktophúlax",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "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 νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho nuktophúlax",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ nuktophúlake",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi nuktophúlakes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû nuktophúlakos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktophulákoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn nuktophulákōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi nuktophúlaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nuktophulákoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs nuktophúlaxi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs nuktophúlaxin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn nuktophúlaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ nuktophúlake",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs nuktophúlakas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
      "roman": "nuktophúlax",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε",
      "roman": "nuktophúlake",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες",
      "roman": "nuktophúlakes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nuktophúlax) m (genitive νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "night-watchman, guard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ],
        [
          "watchman",
          "watchman"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vigiles, the police"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vigil",
          "vigil"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "at Rome",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(at Rome) vigiles, the police"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.to.pʰý.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈɸy.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nik.toˈfi.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.to.pʰý.laks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈpʰy.laks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈɸy.laks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nyk.toˈfy.laks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nik.toˈfi.laks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νυκτοφύλαξ"
}

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