Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, φράσσω

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I.to fence in, hedge round, esp. for protection or defence, to fence, secure, fortify, φράξε [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι he fenced the raft with mats, Od.:—Mid., φράξαντο νῆας they fenced in their ships, Il.; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν Hdt.; but, ἐφράξαντο τὸ τεῖχος they strengthened it, id=Hdt.; absol. to strengthen one's fortifications, Thuc.:—Pass., φραχθέντες σάκεσιν fenced with shields, Il.; absol., πεφραγμένοι fenced, fortified, prepared for defence, Hdt., Thuc.

II.to put up as a fence, φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ joining spear close to spear, shield to shield (so as to make a fence), Il.; φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα having put up the shields as a fence, Hdt.

2.in Xen., of dogs, to put down the tail.

III.to stop up, block, τὴν ὁδόν Hdt.; τοὺς ἔσπλους Thuc.

2.metaph. to bar, stop: Pass., ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῆι NTest.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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