φύλαξις: Difference between revisions

Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4

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Full diacritics: φύλαξις	Medium diacritics: φύλαξις	Low diacritics: φύλαξις	Capitals: ΦΥΛΑΞΙΣ
Transliteration A: phýlaxis	Transliteration B: phylaxis	Transliteration C: fylaksis	Beta Code: fu/lacis

[ῠ], εως, ἡ,

A watching, guarding, ὕπνου φυλάξεις S.Fr.432.9, cf. Aq.Is.26.3. II a security, E.Hel.506 (pl.).