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φύλαξ φύλαξ (ῠ), ακος, φυλάσσω a watcher, guard, sentinel, Lat. excubitor, Hom., Attic; οἱ φ. the garrison, Thuc., Xen., etc.; φύλακες τοῦ σώματος body guards, Plat.;—also as fem., κλῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ φ. Soph., Eur., etc. a guardian, keeper, protector, Hes., etc.;—c. gen. objecti, φ. δορός a protector against it, the spear, Eur. an observer, τοῦ δόγματος Plat.; τοῦ ἐπιταττομένου Xen. of things, φύλακες ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις, of the ἀγορανόμοι, Lys.

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a watcher, guard, sentinel

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Headword:

φύλαξ

Headword (normalized):

φύλαξ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

φυλαξ

IDX:

35276

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35316

Key:

fu/lac

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