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|Definition=(<b class="b3">τη-</b> also in Dor., Alcm.23.77, Pi.''P.''2.88, cf. [[διατηρέω]]), pf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> τετήρηκα Epicur.''Sent.''24, etc.:—[[watch over]], [[take care of]], [[guard]], δώματα ''h.Cer.''142; πόλιν Pi. [[l.c.]], cf. Ar.''V.''210; τὰς κύνας X.''Cyn.''6.1; τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς Antipho 2.2.8; rarely of persons, δαιμόνων... αἵτινες τηροῦμεν ὑμᾶς Ar.''Nu.''579 (troch.); <b class="b3">τ. τὴν ἀρχήν</b> [[maintain]] it, Plb.21.32.2; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀξίωμα D.S.17.15:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ ἔξωθεν [τεῖχος] ἐτηρεῖτο</b> [[was constantly guarded]], Th.2.13: fut. Med. [[τηρήσομαι]] in pass. sense, Id.4.30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τ. ὅπως.. ἔσται</b> take care that.., Arist.''Pol.''1309b16; <b class="b3">ὅπως μηθὲν παρανομῶσι</b> ib.1307b31; <b class="b3">τ. μὴ..</b>cavere ne.., Ar.''Th.''580, Pl.''Tht.''169c; τ. ἐμέ, ὅπως μὴ ἐξαπατήσω D.18.276: also in Med., τηρώμεσθ', ὅπως μὴ.. αἰσθήσεται Ar. ''V.''372; <b class="b3">τηροῦ μὴ λάβῃς ὑπώπια</b> ib.1386.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός</b> [[protect]] them from the fire, i.e. cook them slowly, Bilabel [[Ὀψαρτ]].P. 10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[give heed to]], [[watch narrowly]], [[observe]], τηρῶ αὐτοὺς οὐδὲ δοκῶν ὁρᾶν κλέπτοντας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1145, cf. ''V.''364; τὰς ἁμαρτίας Th.4.60; ἐκεῖνο τ. μὴ.. Ar.''Pax''146, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 442a; τ. ὅ τι καὶ δράσει Ar.''Ec.'' 946.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[watch for]] a person or thing, with a part., παραστείχοντα τηρήσας [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''808; <b class="b3">ἔνδον ὄντα τηρήσαντες αὐτόν</b> [[having watched]] for his being within, Th.1.134; <b class="b3">τ. τὸν πορθμὸν κατιόντος τοῦ ἀνέμου</b> [[watching]] for a crossing with the wind blowing down, Id.6.2; <b class="b3">τ. τινὰ ἀνιόντα</b> [[watch for]] one's coming up, D.53.17: c. acc. only, ἄνεμον τηρῆσαι Th.1.65; τ. νύκτα χειμέριον Id.3.22, cf. 4.27; <b class="b3">νύκτα καὶ ὕδωρ</b>, D.59.103; τ. τοὺς ἀστέρας Arist.''Cael.''292a8; <b class="b3">τὴν θήραν τ.</b> Id.''HA''623a13; τ. καιρόν Id.''Rh.''1382b10:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁ καιρὸς ἐτηρήθη</b> [[was watched for]], Lys.12.71.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[watch]], [[keep watch]], Th. 7.80, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1167b13: c. inf., [[watch]] or [[look out]], so as to... ἐτήρουν ἀνέμῳ καταφέρεσθαι Th.4.26.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[observe]], [[notice]], [μετακόσμησιν σωμάτων] Sor.1.41; τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς φράσεως Id.''Vit. Hippocr.''13; τὸ πολὺ μὲν οὕτως ἀποβαίνειν τετήρηται Gal. 18(2).13.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[test by observation]] or [[trial]], <b class="b3">τετηρημένον βοήθημα</b> an [[approved]] method of treatment, Antyll. ap. Orib.6.22.3; <b class="b3">τετήρηνται χρησιμεύοντές τισι</b> Id.ib.21.9; as Empiric term, τετηρημένης ἐπ' αὐτοῖς τῆς θεραπείας, οὐκ ἐνδεικτικῶς εὑρισκομένης Gal.6.361; Μηνόδοτος ὁ ἐμπειρικός, ἐπὶ μόνῃ τῇ πληθωρικῇ καλουμένῃ συνδρομῇ φάσκων τετηρῆσθαι φλεβοτομίαν Id.15.766.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[observe]] or [[keep]] an engagement, ὅρκους Democr.239; παρακαταθήκας Isoc.1.22; ἀπόρρητα Lys. 31.31; εἰρήνην D.18.89; τὸ πρέπον Phld.''Po.''5.35; τὴν πίστιν ''2 Ep.Ti.'' 4.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[preserve]], [[retain]], <b class="b3">τὰς αἰσθήσεις</b> dub. in Epicur.''Ep.''1p.5U., cf. Demetr.Lac.''Herc.''1055.9,10; ἰδιότητας Phld.''Rh.''1.154 S.; τὴν ποιότητα Sor.1.51; <b class="b3">τὴν τροφὸν ἐπ' ὀλιγοποσίας.. τ.</b> ib.118, cf. 46, al.:—in Ph.1.125 there is a double use.