φύλαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ, also ἡ (v. infr.): (φυλάσσω):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[watcher]], [[guard]], [[sentinel]], Hom. (only in Il., always masc. and in pl.), φύλακες ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">9.477</span>; [[ἡγεμόνες φυλάκων]] ib.<span class="bibl">85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.58</span>; freq. in Trag. and Att. (Hdt. uses [[φυλακός]], exc. in signf. ''ΙΙ''), φύλακ' ἐπέστησεν βοΐ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 303</span>; νεὼς σῆς φ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>543</span>; δράκοντα μήλων φ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1100</span>, al.; φ. τοῦ τείχους <span class="bibl">Th.2.78</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.44.14, al.; φ. κατὰ τὰς πύλας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.8</span>; φύλακα καταστῆσαι <span class="bibl">Lys.19.31</span>; [[οἱ φύλακες]] the [[garrison]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.100</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>4.2.5</span>, etc.; [[φύλακες τοῦ σώματος]] = [[bodyguards]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>566b</span>; ὁ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου φύλαξ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cri.</span>43a</span>; των αἰχμαλώτων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.5.6</span>, etc.: [[λόχοι φύλακες]] = [[bodies of reserve]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>6.5.9</span>: as fem., ἔστι κἀμοὶ κλῂς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ φ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>316</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>36</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>355</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>86</span>: metaph., flames (φλόγες) are called φύλακες Ἡφαίστου κύνες <span class="bibl">Eub.75.7</span> (dub. l.); and the hospitable table is φύλαξ φιλίας <span class="bibl">Timocl.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[guardian]], [[keeper]], [[protector]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>123</span>,<span class="bibl">253</span>; κτεάνων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.58</span>; δωμάτων φύλαξ, χώρας φύλαξ, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>914</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1418</span>, etc.; παιδός <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.41</span>; τῆς γυναικός <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.14</span>; τῆς πολιτείας <span class="bibl">And.4.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>374d</span>, al.; τῆς ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">Lys.12.94</span>; των νόμων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>966b</span>; τῆς εἰρήνης <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.175</span>: as fem., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>462</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>305c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.32</span>; of a [[divinity]], Ἄγγδιστιν . . φύλακα καὶ οἰκοδέσποιναν τοῦδε τοῦ οἴκου <span class="title">SIG</span>985.51 (Philadelphia, i B. C.): also φύλαξ Ἀργείου δορός a [[protector]] against it, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1094</span>; ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις φύλακας κατεστήσατε, of the [[ἀγορανόμος|ἀγορανόμοι]], <span class="bibl">Lys. 22.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[observer]], τοῦ δόγματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>413c</span>; τοῦ ἐπιταττομένου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>12.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of things, [στήλην] ὥσπερ φύλαξ τῆς δωρεᾶς <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Nic.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[chain]], [[keeper]], [[φύλαξ ἀργυροῦς]], [[φύλαξ χαλκοῦς]], <span class="title">IG</span>7.3498.8 (Orop.), <span class="title">Inscr. Délos</span>1426 <span class="title">B</span>ii 45; ὀμφαλὸν καὶ φύλακα περὶ αὐτόν ib.1417<span class="title">B</span> i93(ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[bandage]], Gal.19.144. (Cf. Lat. [[bubulcus]] (Ital. [[bifolco]]), [[subulcus]].) </span>