Ancient Greek

Noun

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

1. warden of the springs
2. (Athenian) official in charge of the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ ‎(klepsúdrā, “water clock”)
   • 100 CE – 200 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 8.113
3. (Athenian) a bronze statue of a lion which stood over the spring that fed the κλεψῠ́δρᾱ ‎(klepsúdrā, “water clock”)
   • 100 CE – 200 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 1.c

Declension

Synonyms

• (Athenian official): κρηνῶν ἐπιμελητής ‎(krēnôn epimelētḗs)

Derived terms

• κρηνοφῠλᾰ́κιον ‎(krēnophulákion)

Descendants

• Translingual: Crenophylax, crenophylax

References

• κρηνοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «κρηνοφύλαξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette