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|mdlsjtxt=[Root !φραγ]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[fence]] in, [[hedge]] [[round]], esp. for [[protection]] or [[defence]], to [[fence]], [[secure]], [[fortify]], φράξε [τὴν [[σχεδίην]] [[ῥίπεσσι]] he [[fenced]] the [[raft]] with mats, Od.:—Mid., [[φράξαντο]] [[νῆας]] they [[fenced]] in [[their]] ships, Il.; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν Hdt.; but, ἐφράξαντο τὸ [[τεῖχος]] they strengthened it, Hdt.; absol. to [[strengthen]] one's fortifications, Thuc.:—Pass., φραχθέντες σάκεσιν [[fenced]] with shields, Il.; absol., πεφραγμένοι [[fenced]], [[fortified]], [[prepared]] for [[defence]], Hdt., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to put up as a [[fence]], φράξαντες [[δόρυ]] [[δουρί]], [[σάκος]] σάκεϊ joining [[spear]] [[close]] to [[spear]], [[shield]] to [[shield]] (so as to make a [[fence]]), Il.; φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα having put up the shields as a [[fence]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in Xen., of dogs, to put down the [[tail]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[stop]] up, [[block]], τὴν ὁδόν Hdt.; τοὺς [[ἔσπλους]] Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. to bar, [[stop]]: Pass., ἵνα πᾶν [[στόμα]] φραγῆι NTest.