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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[attend as a bodyguard]], τινά [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.168,3.127, Th.1.130; τὸν ἔπαρχον ''PAmh.''2.79.52 (ii A.D.): generally, [[keep guard over]], τὴν ἑκάστου [[σωτηρία]]ν D.23.123:—Med., ψυχὴν λογισμῷ Them.''Or.''1.5b:—Pass., to [[be guarded]], στρατοπέδοις D.17.12; [[δορυφορεῖσθαι]] τῇ τῶν πολιτῶν εὐνοίᾳ = be protected, as by a [[bodyguard]], by the [[goodwill]] of the [[citizen]]s Isoc.10.37: metaph., δορυφορεῖται ὑπὸ [[μανία]]ς = is carried along by [[madness]] Pl.''R.''573a, cf. Ph.2.239, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Astrol., of [[planet]]s, [[attend]], i.e. [[flank]], the Sun, etc., Ptol.''Tetr.''114, al., S.E.''M.''5.38 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat., [[attend as guard]], ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.84; πειθαρχοῦντας αὐτῷ καὶ δορυφοροῦντας Plb. 32.8.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of numbers in a series, [[flank]], Iamb. ''in Nic.'' p.77 P.:—Pass., ib.p.40P.