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διαφυ^λάσσω , Att. διαφυ^λάκ-ττω , Cret. διαφυ^λάκ-δδω (written διαφυ^λάκ-δω ), GDI5169.11, al.:—
A.watch closely, guard carefully, τὰ τείχεα, τὴν πόλιν, Hdt.6.101, 133; “τὴν πάροδον” Lys.2.30; “τὰ ἀγαθά” Isoc.2.6, cf. SIG577.15 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.); esp. of providential care, LXXPs.90(91).11,al., cf.PGiss. 17.7 (Hadr.), etc.:—Med., guard for oneself, “πόλιν” E.IA369.
2. observe closely, “τὰ μέτρα” Hdt.2.121.ά.
3. observe, maintain, “τοὺς νόμους” Pl.Lg.951b, cf. SIG1044.10 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), PTeb.25.3 (ii B.C., Pass.); εἰρήνην Philipp. ap. D.18.78; “τὴν πρός τινα πίστιν” Plb. 1.78.8; “εὔνοιαν” IG12(7).241.22 (Amorgos, iii B.C.); δ. τὸ μὴ σπουδάζειν guard against being too particular . ., Pl.Plt.261e; πλῆθος δ. ὅτι μάλιστα ταὐτὸν αὑτῶν εἶναι take care that . ., Id.Criti.112d.
4. remember, retain, Luc. Tim.1, Cont.7.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 78
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