τήρησις
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A watching, safe-keeping, guarding, ἀφύλακτος ἡ τ. E.Fr.162; τῆς πολιτείας Arist.Pol.1308a30, cf. PA 692a7; τῆς πόλεως Supp.Epigr.6.724 (Perga, ii/i B.C.); τῆς οἰκίας 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.). 2 vigilance, Th.7.13, Plb.6.11A.10. 3 means of keeping or guarding, τὰς λιθοτομίας... ἀσφαλεστάτην τ. the quarries... the most secure place of custody, Th. 7.86, cf. Act.Ap.4.3, BGU388 iii 7 (ii A.D.). II 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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1108] εως, ἡ, Bewahrung, Behütung, Beobachtung; Thuc. 2, 13; Plat. def. 413 e; Sp., wie N. T. Auch = Verwahrungsort, Gewahrsam, Thuc. 6, 86; N. T.
