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φύλαξ
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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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.
IDX:
35276
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35316
Key:
fu/lac

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