πρόφυλαξ
From LSJ
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ, A advanced guard: οἱ π.,= αἱ προφυλακαί, Th.3.112, X.An.2.4.15, etc. II officer on guard, Aen.Tact.22.9, and so prob. in IGRom.4.455 (Pergam.).— Also fem., Eratosth.Cat.22. III epithet of Apollo, IG12(7).419.
