προφυλακή
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A guard in front; in pl., outposts, vedettes, piquets, X.Cyr.3.3.25, Eq. Mag.7.13, Plu.Caes.39: sg., ἡ π. αὐτοῦ his advanced guard, X.HG4.1.24, cf. Plb.5.3.2; ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι διὰ προφυλακῆς with an advanced guard, with outposts, Th.4.30. II guarding, guard, τῶν πόλεων Plb.5.95.5, cf. D.S.11.2 (pl.). III watch, vigil, LXX Ex.12.42, al. IV caution, προφυλακῇ χρῆσθαι περί τι Ph.1.283. 2 precaution, c.gen., against... Id.2.368, al., cf. Epicur.Oxy.215 iii 14: Medic., προφυλακῆς χάριν as a precaution, Sor.1.118, cf. Dsc.2.47.
German (Pape)
[Seite 798] ἡ, Vorwache, Vorposten, im plur., Xen. Cyr. 3, 2, 25. 6, 3, 9 u. öfter, u. A., wie Pol. 5, 3, 2; – Vorsicht, ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι διὰ προφυλακῆς, Thuc. 4, 30. – Auch Amulet, Verwahrungsmittel, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προφῠλᾰκή: (προφυλάσσω) οἱ προπορευόμενοι φύλακες, πρόσκοποι, Ξεν. Κύρ. 3. 3, 25, Ἱππαρχ. 7. 13· ἐν τῷ ἑνικῷ, ἡ πρ. αὐτοῦ, οἱ πρόσκοποι αὐτοῦ, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἑλλ. 4. 1, 24, πρβλ. Πολύβ. 5. 3, 2· ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι διὰ προφυλακῆς, ἔχοντες τεταγμένους προσκόπους, Θουκ. 4. 30. ΙΙ. φυλακή, φύλακες, φρουρά, Πολύβ. 5. 95, 5.
ΙΙΙ. φύλακες νυκτερινοί, σκοποί, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξοδ. ΙΒ΄, 42). ΙV. φυλακτήριον, προφυλακτικόν, Ἑβδ. 2, 49, ὁ αὐτ. π. Ἰοβόλ. σ. 44.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
1 avant-poste;
2 précaution, préservatif.
Étymologie: προφυλάσσω.
