A.assist in preserving, Lycurg.143, CIG3048.31, 3058(Teos), AJP48.18 (Rome); assist in guarding, “φρούριον” SIG363.5 (Ephesus, iii B.C.); ς. τινὶ τὴν ἀρχήν, τὰ πράγματα, Plb.7.3.7, Plu.Comp.Dion.Brut.3; “ἀλλήλοις τὴν ἐλευθερίαν” OGI5.54 (Scepsis, iv B.C.).
2. preserve as well, τὴν εὐσχημοσύνην τῷ πλήθει the elegance as well as the numbers, Lib.Or.11.199.