φύλαξ: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=φύ˘λαξ, ακος, [[φυλάσσω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[watcher]], [[guard]], [[sentinel]], Lat. [[excubitor]], Hom., [[attic]]; οἱ φ. the [[garrison]], Thuc., Xen., etc.; φύλακες τοῦ σώματος [[body]] guards, Plat.;—also as fem., κλῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ φ. Soph., Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[guardian]], [[keeper]], [[protector]], Hes., etc.;—c. gen. objecti, φ. [[δορός]] a [[protector]] [[against]] it, the [[spear]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> an [[observer]], τοῦ δόγματος Plat.; τοῦ ἐπιταττομένου Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of things, φύλακες ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις, of the ἀγορανόμοι, Lys.