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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

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|Transliteration C=orfanofylaks
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|Beta Code=o)rfanofu/lac
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|Definition=[ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one who guards orphans</b>; esp. at Athens, in pl., <b class="b2">guardians of orphans</b> who had lost their fathers in war, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Vect.</span>2.7</span>; cf. [[ὀρφανοδικασταί]].</span>
|Definition=[ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[one who guards orphans]]; esp. at Athens, in pl., <b class="b2">guardians of orphans</b> who had lost their fathers in war, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Vect.</span>2.7</span>; cf. [[ὀρφανοδικασταί]].</span>
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Transliteration A: orphanophýlax Transliteration B: orphanophylax Transliteration C: orfanofylaks Beta Code: o)rfanofu/lac

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ,

   A one who guards orphans; esp. at Athens, in pl., guardians of orphans who had lost their fathers in war, X. Vect.2.7; cf. ὀρφανοδικασταί.

German (Pape)

[Seite 389] ακος, ὁ, Waisenhüter. In Athen hießen so die von Staatswegen mit der Erziehung der Kinder der im Kriege gefallenen Bürger beauftragten Männer, welche deren Erbgut verwalten mußten, Xen. Vectig. 2, 7.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀρφᾰνοφύλαξ: [ῠ], -ᾰκος, ὁ, ὁ φυλάττων τὰ ὀρφανά: ἐν Ἀθήναις ὀρφανοφύλακες ἦσαν ἐπίτροποι ὀρφανῶν ἀπολεσάντων τοὺς πατέρας αὑτῶν ἐν πολέμῳ, Ξεν. Πόροι 2, 7, ἔνθα ἴδε Schneid.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ακος (ὁ) :
tuteur d’un orphelin, d’orphelins.
Étymologie: ὀρφανός.

Greek Monolingual

ὀρφανοφύλαξ, -ακος, ὁ (Α)
επίτροπος τών ορφανών.

Greek Monotonic

ὀρφᾰνοφύλαξ: [ῠ], -ᾰκος, ὁ, κηδεμόνας ορφανού που έχασε τον πατέρα του στον πόλεμο, σε Ξεν.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὀρφᾰνοφύλαξ: ᾰκος (ῠ) ὁ сиротский опекун Xen.

Middle Liddell

ὀρφᾰνο-φύ˘λαξ, ακος,
guardian of an orphan who had lost the father in war, Xen.