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ἀκροφύλαξ

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: ἀκροφῠ́λᾰξ Medium diacritics: ἀκροφύλαξ Low diacritics: ακροφύλαξ Capitals: ΑΚΡΟΦΥΛΑΞ
Transliteration A: akrophýlax Transliteration B: akrophylax Transliteration C: akrofylaks Beta Code: a)krofu/lac

English (LSJ)

ᾰκος, ὁ, governor of a citadel, Plb.5.50.10, BCH33.23 (Pontus, ii B. C.), IG3.3906.

Spanish (DGE)

-ακος, ὁ
gobernador y guardián de la ciudadela τῆς Ἀπαμείας Plb.5.50.10, cf. PCair.Zen.6.5 (III a.C.), IGPA 278 (II/I a.C.)
plu. guardianes de la acrópolis, IG 22.2309, 2310 (ambas I d.C.)
gener. guardián πυλῶν LXX 4Ma.3.13.

German (Pape)

[Seite 85] ακος, ὁ, Burgwart, Polyb. 5, 50, 10.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀκροφύλαξ: ᾱκος ὁ комендант цитадели Polyb.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκροφύλαξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, διοικητὴς ἢ φύλαξ ἀκροπόλεως, Πολύβ. 5. 50, 10.

Greek Monolingual

ἀκροφύλαξ (-ακος), ο (Α)
φρούραρχος, φρουρός ακρόπολης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀκρο- (Ι) + φύλαξ.

Translations

guard

Albanian: rojë, resë, mbrojtës; Arabic: حَارِس‎; Egyptian Arabic: غفير‎; Armenian: պահակ, պահապան; Bashkir: һаҡсы; Belarusian: вартавы, ахоўнік, ахова; Bengali: মহাফেজ; Bulgarian: стража, охрана; Burmese: ကင်း, အစောင့်, အထိန်း; Catalan: guarda, guardià; Chamorro: a'adahi; Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏘᏱ; Chinese Mandarin: 衛兵/卫兵, 衛士/卫士; Czech: stráž; Danish: vagt, livvagt; Dutch: wacht, bewaker, lijfwacht; Esperanto: gardisto; Estonian: valvur; Finnish: vartija, suojus; French: garde; Galician: garda, gardián, gardiá; German: Wächter; Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰; Greek: φύλακας, φρουρός, σκοπός; Ancient Greek: ἀκροφύλαξ, ἀμφιβατήρ, ἀνδρωφύλαξ, ἀρήνωρ, ἀρμικούστωρ, ἀρμοκούστωρ, κούστωρ, δημόσιος, σκοπός, τηρός, φύλαξ; Haitian Creole: gad; Hebrew: מִשְׁמָר‎, שׁוֹמֵר‎; Hindi: रक्षक, पासबान, मुहाफ़िज़, संरक्षक, रखवाला; Hungarian: őr; Icelandic: vörður; Ilocano: bantayan; Indonesian: pengawal, garda; Irish: garda; Italian: guardia, piantone, custode; Japanese: 監視者, 衛兵, ガード; Khmer: ឆ្មាំ, គង្វាល; Korean: 가드, 위병; Lao: ຍາມ; Latgalian: sorgs; Latin: custos, praeses; Latvian: sargs; Macedonian: чувар; Maori: kaitiaki; Navajo: haʼasídí; Norwegian Bokmål: vakt; Nynorsk: vakt; Old English: weard; Persian: پاسبان‎, نگهبان‎, پاسدار‎; Polish: strażnik; Portuguese: guarda; Romanian: gardă, paznic, gardian, păzitor; Russian: стражник, страж, охранник, сторож, конвоир, часовой, караульный; Scottish Gaelic: freiceadan, geàrd; Serbo-Croatian: čuvar, stražar; Sicilian: guardia, vardia; Slovak: stráž, strážnik; Slovene: stražar anim, straža; Spanish: guarda, guardia, guardés; Swahili: askari, mlinzi, walinzi; Swedish: väktare, vakt, gard; Tagalog: guwardiya, bantay; Thai: ยาม, บริบาล; Turkish: bekçi; Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗; Ukrainian: охоронець, захисник, охорона, варта; Vietnamese: vệ sĩ

guardian

Arabic: حَارِس‎; Azerbaijani: qoruqçu; Belarusian: ахоўнiк, ахоўнiца, стораж, страж; Bengali: মহাফেজ; Bulgarian: пазител, блюстител; Catalan: guardià, guàrdia; Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎦᏘᏯ; Chinese Mandarin: 監護人/监护人; Czech: strážce; Dutch: bewaker, wachter; Finnish: vartija, vahti, suojelija, edunvalvoja; French: gardien; Galician: gardián; German: Wächter, Wache; Greek: φύλακας, φρουρός; Ancient Greek: φύλαξ; Hungarian: gondnok, gondozó, őrző, őr; Icelandic: verndari; Indonesian: pelindung; Irish: coimirceoir; Italian: guardiano, custode; Japanese: 保護者; Korean: 보호자(保護者); Kurdish Central Kurdish: پاڕێزگار‎; Latin: custos, curator, curatrix, tutor, cura, praeses; Maori: kaitiaki; Occitan: gardian; Old English: weard; Polish: stróż, obrońca, strażnik; Portuguese: guardião, guarda; Romanian: gardian, paznic, strajă, străjer, păzitor; Russian: страж, хранитель, хранительница, защитник, защитница, блюститель, блюстительница; Sanskrit: गोप्तृ; Serbo-Croatian Roman: skrbnik, skrbkinja, hranitelj, zaštitnik, čuvar; Slovak: strážca, strážkyňa; Spanish: guardián, guardia; Swedish: väktare; Turkish: koruma, gardiyan; Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗; Ukrainian: охоронець, сторож; Uzbek: qoʻriqchi; Zazaki: starwan, ğerdiyan