ὀπισθοφυλακία
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A the command of the rear, ib.4.6.19.
German (Pape)
[Seite 358] ἡ, die Nachhut, Xen. An. 4, 6, 19.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀπισθοφῠλᾰκία: ἡ, ἡ διοίκησις τῆς ὀπισθοφυλακῆς, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 6, 19.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
arrière-garde.
Étymologie: ὀπισθοφύλαξ.
Greek Monolingual
ὀπισθοφυλακία, ἡ (Α) οπισθοφύλαξ
η διοίκηση τών οπισθοφυλάκων, της οπισθοφυλακής.
Greek Monotonic
ὀπισθοφῠλᾰκία: ἡ, διοίκηση οπισθοφυλακής, σε Ξεν.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὀπισθοφῠλᾰκία: ἡ тыловое охранение, арьергард Xen.
