A.attend as a body-guard, “τινά” Hdt.2.168,3.127, Th.1.130; “τὸν ἔπαρχον” PAmh.2.79.52 (ii A.D.): generally, keep guard over, “τὴν ἑκάστου σωτηρίαν” D.23.123:—Med., “ψυχὴν λογισμῷ” Them.Or.1.5b:—Pass., to be guarded, “στρατοπέδοις” D.17.12; “δορυφορεῖσθαι τῇ τῶν πολιτῶν εὐνοίᾳ” Isoc.10.37: metaph., “ὑπὸ μανίας” Pl.R.573a, cf. Ph.2.239, al.
b. Astrol., of planets, attend, i. e. flank, the Sun, etc., Ptol.Tetr.114, al., S.E.M.5.38 (Pass.).
2. c. dat., attend as guard, “ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς” X.Cyr.7.5.84; “πειθαρχοῦντας αὐτῷ καὶ -φοροῦντας” Plb. 32.8.6.
3. metaph. of numbers in a series, flank, Iamb. in Nic. p.77 P.:—Pass., ib.p.40P.