φυλακεῖον
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
τό, A post, watch-tower, fort, Plb. 10.30.6: pl., = Lat. stationes, Id.5.75.10, 76.3; φυλάκιον, Aen.Tact. 20.5 cod.M, App.Ill.26, PRyl.288 (pl., iii A. D.). 2 a watch, party consisting of four soldiers, Plb.6.33.7: pl., in form φυλάκια, Id.Fr. 87 (ap.Suid.). II in Alex. Greek, a menstruous cloth, Dam. Isid.52.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φυλακεῖον: τό, τόπος ἔνθα στρατιῶται φυλάσσουσιν, οἴκημα φυλάκων, πύργος, φρούριον, καὶ ἐν τῷ πληθ. εἶναι ἐν χρήσει εἰς μετάφρ. τοῦ Ῥωμ. Stationes, Πολύβ. 5. 75, 10., 76. 3, πρβλ. 10. 30, 6· φυλάκιον, παρ’ Ἀππ. ἐν Ἰλλυρ. 26, παρὰ Σουΐδ. ἐν λ. 2) φυλακή, φρουρὰ ἐκ τεσσάρων στρατιωτῶν, Πολύβ. 6. 33, 6. ΙΙ. Παρὰ τοῖς Ἀλεξανδρίνοις, πανίον τῶν καταμηνίων, Δαμάσκ. ἐν Φωτ. Βιβλιοθ. 338. 25.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
φῠλᾰκεῖον: или φῠλάκειον τό
1) сторожевой пост Polyb., Diod.;
2) сторожевая группа (из четырех человек), караульная команда Polyb.
