κρηνοφύλαξ

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ,

   A warden of the springs, IG11(2).159A61, 161 A85 (Delos, iii B. C.); at Athens, official in charge of the κλεψύδρα, Poll.8.113, Phot.    2 bronze lion which stood over the spring that supplied the κλεψύδρα, Poll.l.c., Phot.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κρηνοφύλαξ: ῠ, -ᾰκος, ὁ, καὶ ἡ, ἐν Ἀθήναις δημόσιος ἐπιμελητὴς ἔχων τὴν ἐπιστασίαν τῆς κλεψύδρας, Πολυδ. Ηʹ, 112, Φώτ., Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ.· κρηνοφυλάκιον, τό, τὸ ἀξίωμα τοῦ κρηνο-φύλακος, Πολυδ. αὐτοθ. ‒ Τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο δίδοται ὡσαύτως καὶ εἰς τὸν λέοντα, ὅστις ἵστατο ὑπεράνω τῆς πηγῆς ἐξ ἧς ἐλάμβανε τὸ ὕδωρ ἡ κλεψύδρα, αὐτόθι.