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|Definition=Att.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[φράττω]] X.''Cyn.''2.9, D.21.17, al.: fut. φράξω (δια-) ''IG'' 22.1668.63, etc.: aor. ἔφραξα, Ep. [[φράξα]] Il.12.263, Od.5.256, etc., Att. inf. φάρξαι ''IG''12.371.20, part. <b class="b3">διαφάρξας</b> ib.373.251: pf. πέφρᾰκα Ph.2.350, later πέφρᾰγα (περι-) Sch.Hes.''Sc.''298: plpf. ἐμπεφράκεσαν J.''AJ''12.8.5:—Med., v. [[φράγνυμι]]; fut. φράξομαι (ἐμ-) Luc.''Tim.''19: aor. ἐφραξάμην, Ep. φρ- Il.15.566:—Pass., fut. φραχθήσομαι (ἐμ-) Gal.5.616; φρᾰγήσομαι ''2 Ep.Cor.''11.10: aor. 1 ἐφράχθην Il.17.268, Pl.''Ti.''84d: aor. 2 ἐφράγην [ᾰ], subj. φρᾰγῇ ''Ep.Rom.''3.19, part. [[φραγείς]] Hero ''Spir.''1.19: pf. πέφραγμαι E.''Ph.''733, etc.: plpf. ἐπεφράγμην Luc.''Sat.''11, 3sg. ἐπέφρακτο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.142:—Hom. uses no tense but aor. Act., Pass., and Med. The Att. spellings [[πεφαργμένος]] and [[ἐφάρξαντο]] are given by Hdn.Gr.2.384, cf. ''IG''12.ll.cc., and v. [[φαρκτός]], [[ναύφαρκτος]]. [ᾰ by nature, for it does not become η in Ion.]:—[[fence in]], [[hedge round]], hence with collat. notion of [[defence]], [[secure]], [[fortify]], <b class="b3">ῥινοῖσι βοῶν φράξαντες ἐπάλξεις</b> having [[fence]]d the [[battlement]]s with [[shield]]s, Il.12.263; <b class="b3">φράξε δέ μιν [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι</b> he [[fenced]] it with [[mat]]s, to [[keep out]] the [[water]], Od.5.256; ἀρκύστατ' ἂν φράξειεν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1376; φ. δέμας ὅπλοισι Id.''Pers.''456; <b class="b3">ἔρνεσι φ. χεῖρα</b> [[fill]] them [[full]] with [[wreath]]s of [[victory]], Pi.''I.''1.66:—Med., <b class="b3">φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ</b> they [[fence]]d in their [[ship]]s, Il.15.566, cf. A.''Th.''63; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.51; πύλας . . ἐφραξάμεσθα προστάταις A.''Th.''798; but <b class="b3">ἐφράξαντο τὸ τεῖχος</b> they [[strengthen]]ed it, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.70: abs., [[strengthen one's fortifications]], Th.8.35; φ. πρὸς τὰς διαβάσεις Plu.''Mar.''23; φραξάμενοι [[in battle-array]], Batr.166:—Pass., <b class="b3">φραχθέντες σάκεσιν</b> [[fenced]] with [[shield]]s, Il.17.268, cf. E.''IA''826, etc.; ἡ ἀκρόπολις ῥηχῷ ἐπέφρακτο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.142; of the [[Nile]], to [[be embanked]], Id.2.99: abs., [[πεφραγμένοι]] = [[fortified]], [[prepared for defence]], Id.5.34, Th.1.82; of a person, [[armed]], [[ἀσπιδίτης]] καὶ πεφραγμένος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''426: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐλπίδος πεφραγμένος</b> having the [[defence]] of [[hope]], cj. in Id.''Ant.''235 (cod. Laur, [[πεπραγμένος]], cett. and Sch. [[δεδραγμένος]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[put up as a fence]], <b class="b3">φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ</b> [[join]]ing [[spear]] [[close]] to [[spear]], [[shield]] to shield, Il.13.130; <b class="b3">φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα</b> [[having put up]] the [[shield]]s as a [[close]], [[thick]] [[fence]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.61:—Med. <b class="b3">πάγας ὑπερκότους ἐφραξάμεσθα</b> cj. in [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''823.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σχάσασαι τὴν οὐρὰν καὶ φ.</b>, of [[dog]]s, X.''Cyn.''3.5.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[stop up]], [[block]], τὴν ὁδόν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.7; τοὺς ἔσπλους Th.4.13; τὰ παρασκήνια D.21.17:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ῥευμάτων φραχθείς [ὁ πλεύμων]</b> Pl. [[l.c.]]; πεφραγμένων τῶν πόρων Arist.''Pr.''935b14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[bar]], [[stop]], τὸ [[ἡγεμονικόν]] Ath.4.157d:—Pass., ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ ''Ep.Rom.''3.19; ἡ [[καύχησις]] αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται εἰς ἐμέ ''2 Ep.Cor.'' 11.10.