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|Definition=Att. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> φράττω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>2.9</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.17</span>, al.: fut. [[φράξω]] (δια-) <span class="title">IG</span> 22.1668.63, etc.: aor. [[ἔφραξα]], Ep. φράξα <span class="bibl">Il.12.263</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.256</span>, etc., Att. inf. φάρξαι <span class="title">IG</span>12.371.20, part. <b class="b3">δια-φάρξας</b> ib.373.251: pf. πέφρᾰκα <span class="bibl">Ph.2.350</span>, later [[πέφρᾰγα]] (περι-) Sch.<span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>298</span>: plpf. ἐμ-πεφράκεσαν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>12.8.5</span>:—Med., v. [[φράγνυμι]]; fut. [[φράξομαι]] (ἐμ-) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>19</span>: aor. [[ἐφραξάμην]], Ep. φρ- <span class="bibl">Il.15.566</span>:—Pass., fut. [[φραχθήσομαι]] (ἐμ-) Gal.5.616; φρᾰγήσομαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>11.10</span>: aor. 1 ἐφράχθην <span class="bibl">Il.17.268</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>84d</span>: aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐφράγην [ᾰ],</b> subj. φρᾰγῇ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>3.19</span>, part. φρᾰγείς <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1.19</span>: pf. πέφραγμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>733</span>, etc.: plpf. ἐπεφράγμην <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sat.</span>11</span>, 3sg. ἐπέφρακτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.142</span>:—Hom. uses no tense but aor. Act., Pass., and Med. The Att. spellings [[πεφαργμένος]] and [[ἐφάρξαντο]] are given by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.384</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.ll.cc., and v. [[φαρκτός]], <b class="b3">ναύφαρκτος. [ᾰ</b> by nature, for it does not become η in Ion.]:— [[fence in]], [[hedge round]], hence with collat. notion of defence, [[secure]], [[fortify]], <b class="b3">ῥινοῖσι βοῶν φράξαντες ἐπάλξεις</b> [[having fenced]] the battlements with shields, <span class="bibl">Il.12.263</span>; <b class="b3">φράξε δέ μιν [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι</b> he [[fenced]] it with mats, to keep out the water, <span class="bibl">Od.5.256</span>; ἀρκύστατ' ἂν φράξειεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1376</span>; φ. δέμας ὅπλοισι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>456</span>; <b class="b3">ἔρνεσι φ. χεῖρα</b> [[fill]] them [[full]] with wreaths of victory, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.66</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ</b> they [[fencedin their]] ships, <span class="bibl">Il.15.566</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>63</span>; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.51</span>; πύλας . . ἐφραξάμεσθα προστάταις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>798</span>; but <b class="b3">ἐφράξαντο τὸ τεῖχος</b> they [[strengthened]] it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.70</span>: abs., [[strengthen one's fortifications]], <span class="bibl">Th.8.35</span>; φ. πρὸς τὰς διαβάσεις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>23</span>; φραξάμενοι <b class="b2">in battle-array</b>, <span class="bibl">Batr.166</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">φραχθέντες σάκεσιν</b> [[fenced]] with shields, <span class="bibl">Il.17.268</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>826</span>, etc.; ἡ ἀκρόπολις ῥηχῷ ἐπέφρακτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.142</span>; of the Nile, to be [[embanked]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.99</span>: abs., πεφραγμένοι [[fortified]], [[prepared for defence]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.82</span>; of a person, [[armed]], ἀσπιδίτης καὶ πεφρ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>426</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐλπίδος πεφραγμένος</b> [[having the defence]] of hope, cj. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>235</span> (cod. Laur, [[πεπραγμένος]], cett. and Sch. [[δεδραγμένος]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[put up as a fence]], <b class="b3">φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ</b> [[joining]] spear [[close]] to spear, shield to shield, <span class="bibl">Il.13.130</span>; <b class="b3">φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα</b> [[having put up]] the shields [[as a close]], [[thick fence]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.61</span>:—Med. <b class="b3">πάγας ὑπερκότους ἐφραξάμεσθα</b> cj. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>823</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σχάσασαι τὴν οὐρὰν καὶ φ</b>., of dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>3.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[stop up]], [[block]], τὴν ὁδόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.7</span>; τοὺς ἔσπλους <span class="bibl">Th.4.13</span>; τὰ παρασκήνια <span class="bibl">D.21.17</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ῥευμάτων φραχθείς [ὁ πλεύμων</b>] Pl. l.c.; πεφραγμένων τῶν πόρων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>935b14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[bar]], [[stop]], τὸ ἡγεμονικόν <span class="bibl">Ath.4.157d</span>:—Pass., ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>3.19</span>; ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται εἰς ἐμέ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span> 11.10</span>.</span>