ἀκροφύλαξ
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ,
A governor of a citadel, Plb.5.50.10, BCH33.23 (Pontus, ii B. C.), IG3.3906.
German (Pape)
[Seite 85] ακος, ὁ, Burgwart, Polyb. 5, 50, 10.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκροφύλαξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, διοικητὴς ἢ φύλαξ ἀκροπόλεως, Πολύβ. 5. 50, 10.
Spanish (DGE)
-ακος, ὁ
gobernador y guardián de la ciudadela τῆς Ἀπαμείας Plb.5.50.10, cf. PCair.Zen.6.5 (III a.C.), IGPA 278 (II/I a.C.)
•plu. guardianes de la acrópolis, IG 22.2309, 2310 (ambas I d.C.)
•gener. guardián πυλῶν LXX 4Ma.3.13.
Greek Monolingual
ἀκροφύλαξ (-ακος), ο (Α)
φρούραρχος, φρουρός ακρόπολης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀκρο- (Ι) + φύλαξ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀκροφύλαξ: ᾱκος ὁ комендант цитадели Polyb.
