φυλακτήριον
φυλακτήριον
φῠλακτήριον, ου, τό,
φυλάσσω
a guarded post, a fort or castle, Hdt.: an outpost, Lat. statio, Thuc., Xen.
a safe-guard, preservative, Dem.; among the Jews φυλακτήρια were strips of parchment with texts from the Law written on them, used as amulets, NTest.