Χαρτοφυλάκιον

document-case

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 38 words
The [nouns formed] from the [verb] fula/ssw ["I guard, keep safe"] are all written with an iota and are proparoxytone;1 such as document-case, warehouse [skeuofula/kion] and [words] like these -- except for sitofulakei=on ["granary"] and nomofulakei=on ["law-guardians' office"].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χαρτοφυλάκιον· τὰ παρὰ τὸ φυλάσσω ἅπαντα διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται καὶ προπαροξύνεται· οἷον χαρτοφυλάκιον, σκευοφυλάκιον καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια· πλὴν τοῦ σιτοφυλακεῖον καὶ νομοφυλακεῖον.

Betacode
*xartofula/kion: ta\ para\ to\ fula/ssw a(/panta dia\ tou= i gra/fetai kai\ proparocu/netai: oi(=on xartofula/kion, skeuofula/kion kai\ ta\ tou/tois o(/moia: plh\n tou= sitofulakei=on kai\ nomofulakei=on.

Notes (2)

  1. 1These nouns are formed by analogy with neuter substantive uses of adjectives in -ios. Hence, xartopula/kion is a combination of *fula/kios ("guarding") and xa/rths, "papyrus", whence Latin charta and English charter. For more on skeuofula/kion see sigma 564. ↩
  2. 2These words are formed in -eion rather than -ion and are properispomenon (have a circumflex accent on the penult) rather than proparoxytone (with an acute accent on the antepenult). On sitofulakei=on see sigma 505. On nomofulakei=on see nu 488 and chi 140. ↩

Neighbouring entries

χ141Χαρτάdelightful [things]χ142Χαρτόνjoyful [thing]χ143Χαρτοφυλάκιονdocument-caseχ144ΧάρυβδιςCharybdisχ145Χασσάμενοςhaving given ground
Revision history2 revisions · last 8 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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