φυλακτήριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">guarded post, fort, castle</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.52</span>: esp. <b class="b2">an outpost communicating with fortifications</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.31</span>,<span class="bibl">33</span>,<span class="bibl">110</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 7.5.12</span>: pl., [[guardrooms]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1331a20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">safeguard, security</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>917b</span>: [[preservative]], <span class="bibl">D.6.24</span>; [[amulet]], Dsc.5.154, Plu. 2.378b, etc.; among the Jews <b class="b3">φυλακτήρια</b> were small rolls of parchment with texts from the Law written on them, bound to the forehead by persons praying, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>23.5</span>; <b class="b3">φ. χρυσᾶ</b>, [[symbols]] denoting the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, <span class="title">OGI</span>90.45 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); [[amulet]], PMag.Lond.121.298 (pl.); metaph., τὸ ὄνομά σου ἔχω ἓν φ. ἐν καρδίᾳ <span class="title">PMag.Leid.W.</span>18.2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> perh. [[guard]] or <b class="b2">chain, PLond.ined</b>.2199.</span>