προφυλακή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[guard in front]]; in pl., [[outposts]], [[vedettes]], [[piquets]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.25</span>, <span class="title">Eq. Mag.</span>7.13, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>39</span>: sg., <b class="b3">ἡ π. αὐτοῦ</b> his [[advanced guard]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.1.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.5.3.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι διὰ προφυλακῆς</b> with [[an advanced guard]], with [[outposts]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[guarding]], [[guard]], τῶν πόλεων <span class="bibl">Plb.5.95.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.11.2</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[watch]], [[vigil]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>12.42</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[caution]], προφυλακῇ χρῆσθαι περί τι <span class="bibl">Ph.1.283</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[precaution]], c.gen., against... <span class="bibl">Id.2.368</span>, al., cf. Epicur.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>215 iii 14: Medic., <b class="b3">προφυλακῆς χάριν</b> as a [[precaution]], <span class="bibl">Sor.1.118</span>, cf. Dsc.2.47.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[προφυλάσσω]]<br />a [[guard]] in [[front]]; in pl. outposts, videttes, piquets, Xen.; in sg., ἡ πρ. [[αὐτοῦ]] his advanced [[guard]], Xen.; διὰ προφυλακῆς with an advanced [[guard]], Thuc.