protecting
From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
V. προστατήριος, ἀλεξητήριος, P. and V. σωτήριος.
protecting the land, tutelary: Ar. and P. πολιοῦχος (Plato), P. and V. ἑστιοῦχος (Plato also Ar.), V. δημοῦχος, πολισσοῦχος.
