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