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|Definition=Ion. [[φρουρή]], ἡ: (v. [[φρουρός]] fin.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[lookout]], [[watch]], [[guard]], as a [[duty]], A.''Ag.''2, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.30, ''IG''12.3.26, etc.; ἐς φ. δόμων E.''Or.'' 1252; φρουρὰν ἐτάξαντ' ἐν δόμοις Id.''Andr.''1099; <b class="b3">φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω</b> shall [[keep]] [[unenviable]] [[watch]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''143 (anap.); <b class="b3">ὄμματος φρουρά</b> my [[watchful]] [[eye]], S.''Tr.''226; <b class="b3">φρουρᾶς ᾄδων</b> [[sing]]ing while on [[guard]], to keep oneself [[awake]] or [[while away]] the time, Ar.''Nu.''721 (anap.); τοῖς . . πιστοτέροις . . διετέτακτο ἡ φ. Pl.''Criti.''117d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[a watch of the night]], ἡ [[νυκτερινὴ φρουρά]] = [[night watch]] Hdn.3.11.6; [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in E.''Rh.''5 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[prison]], [[ward]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''62b, ''Grg.''525a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons set to [[watch]], [[guard]], [[garrison]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.26, 7.59, A.''Ag.''301, Th.3.51, ''IG''22.28.14, etc.; especially of [[frontier]]-[[post]]s, X.''HG''6.5.24, etc.; στρατειῶν καὶ φρουρῶν Lys.16.18; <b class="b3">ἐξήλθομεν εἰς Πάνακτον φρουρᾶς προγραφείσης</b> being ordered on [[garrison]]-[[duty]], D.54.3; τὰ κύκλῳ [[κατέχειν]] ἁρμοσταῖς καὶ φρουραῖς Id.18.96; φρουρὰν [[ὑποδέχεσθαι]] Id.58.38.<br><span class="bld">2</span> at Sparta, [[a body of men destined for service]], [[φρουρὰν φαίνειν]] = [[proclaim a levy]] or [[order out a levy]], '[[call out the ban]]', of the [[ephor]]s and kings, X.''HG'' 3.2.23, 6.4.17; <b class="b3">ἐπί τινας</b> ib.4.7.1, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰδότες φρουρὰν πεφασμένην ἐφ' ἑαυτούς</b> ib.5.1.29; <b class="b3">φρουρὰν ἐξάγειν</b> ib.2.4.29.