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|Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[watching]], [[safe-keeping]], [[guarding]], [[ἀφύλακτος]] ἡ τήρησις E.Fr.162; τῆς [[πολιτεία]]ς Arist.Pol.1308a30, cf. PA 692a7; τῆς πόλεως Supp.Epigr.6.724 (Perga, ii/i B.C.); τῆς [[οἰκία]]ς POxy.1070.51 (iii A.D.); ἀξιώματος Pl.Def.413e; τῆς ἡλικίας Epicur. Sent.Vat.80; (πλούτου) Phld.Oec.p.44J.; [[preservation]], e.g. of [[health]], Gal.10.646, Pap. in Stud.Ital.12(1935).94 (iii A.D.); [[observance]], νόμων, ἐντολῶν, LXX Wi.6.18(19), 1 Ep.Cor.7.19; λεξάντων πρὸς τὴν τήρησιν τοῦ ὕδατος SIG683.60 (Olympia, ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[vigilance]], Th.7.13, Plb.6.11A.10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[means]] of [[keeping]] or [[guarding]], τὰς [[λιθοτομία]]ς... ἀσφαλεστάτην τήρησιν the quarries... the most secure [[place]] of [[custody]], Th. 7.86, cf. Act.Ap.4.3, BGU388 iii 7 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[observing]], [[observation]], τῶν καθόλου συμβαινόντων (as Empiric term) Sor.1.4, cf. Gal. 15.830, 16.550, 18(2).307, Sect.Intr.4, S.E.P.1.23, 2.246, A.D.Synt.37.14, etc.