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|mdlsjtxt=[Root !φυλακ]<br />A. absol. to [[keep]] [[watch]] and [[ward]], [[keep]] [[guard]], Hom., [[attic]]; σὺν κυσὶ φυλάσσοντες περὶ μῆλα Il.<br />B. [[trans]]. to [[watch]], [[guard]], [[keep]], [[defend]], Hom., etc.; φυλάττειν τινὰ ἀπό τινος to [[guard]] one from a [[person]] or [[thing]], Xen.:—also φ. τινὰ μὴ πάσχειν to [[guard]] one [[against]] [[suffering]], Soph.:—Pass. to be watched, kept under [[guard]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[watch]] for, lie in [[wait]] or [[ambush]] for, Hom., Thuc.; φ. τὸ [[σύμβολον]] to [[look]] out for the [[signal]]-[[fire]], Aesch.: to [[watch]], to [[wait]] for, [[observe]] an appointed [[time]] or a [[fixed]] [[event]], Hdt., Thuc.; φ. νύκτα to [[wait]] for [[night]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> metaph. to [[keep]], [[maintain]], [[cherish]], χόλον, ὅρκια Il.; φ. [[ἔπος]] to [[observe]] a [[command]], Il.; νόμον Soph.; φ. σκαιοσύναν to cling to it, [[foster]] it, Soph.:—Pass., φυλάττεσθαι [[παρά]] τινι to be fostered in or by . . , Soph.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[keep]] or [[continue]] in a [[place]], [[τόδε]] [[δῶμα]] φυλάσσοις Od.<br />C. Mid., with perf. [[pass]].,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> absol. to be on one's [[guard]], [[keep]] [[watch]], νύκτα φυλασσομένοισι Il.; πεφυλαγμένος [[εἶναι]] to be [[cautious]], [[prudent]], Il.; so, φυλασσομένους πορεύεσθαι with [[caution]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. to [[keep]] a [[thing]] by one, [[bear]] it in [[mind]], Hes., Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[guard]], [[keep]] [[safe]], καὶ κεφαλὴν πεφύλαξο Orac. ap. Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> c. inf. to [[take]] [[care]] to do, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> c. gen., φυλάσσεσθαι τῶν [[νεῶν]] to [[take]] [[care]] for the ships, be [[chary]] of them, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> φυλάσσεσθαί τι or τινα to [[beware]] of, be on one's [[guard]] [[against]], [[shun]], [[avoid]], Hdt., Aesch.; also φ. πρός τι Thuc.; ἀπό τινος Xen.;—c. [[part]]., εἰσορῶν φυλάξομαι I [[will]] [[take]] [[care]] to [[look]] on, Soph.;—c. inf., φ. μὴ ποιεῖν to [[take]] [[care]] not to do, [[guard]] [[against]] doing, Hdt.; φ. τὸ μὴ [[γενέσθαι]] τι Dem.; so, φ. μή or φ. [[ὅπως]] μὴ . . , with subj., to [[take]] [[care]] [[lest]] a [[thing]] [[happen]], Eur., Xen.: [[rarely]] c. gen., τῶν εὖ φύλαξαι Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[sometimes]] Act. has [[sense]] of Mid., Eur., Plat.

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