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προφυλ-α^κή , ἡ,
A.guard in front; in pl., outposts, vedettes, piquets, X.Cyr.3.3.25, Eq. Mag.7.13, Plu.Caes.39: sg., ἡ π. αὐτοῦ his advanced guard, X.HG4.1.24, cf. Plb.5.3.2; ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι διὰ προφυλακῆς with an advanced guard, with outposts, Th.4.30.
II. guarding, guard, “τῶν πόλεων” Plb.5.95.5, cf. D.S.11.2 (pl.).
III. watch, vigil, LXX Ex.12.42, al.
IV. caution, “προφυλακῇ χρῆσθαι περί τι” Ph.1.283.
2. precaution, c.gen., against . ., Id.2.368, al., cf. Epicur.Oxy.215 iii 14: Medic., προφυλακῆς χάριν as a precaution, Sor.1.118, cf. Dsc.2.47.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 11.2
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.30
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 3.3.25
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.1.24
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.3.2
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.95.5
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 12.42
    • Plutarch, Caesar, 39
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