Act. , Pass. , and Med. The Att. spellingsπεφαργμένοςandἐφάρξαντοare given by Hdn.Gr. 2.384 , cf. IG 12 .ll.cc., and v. φαρκτός ,ναύφαρκτος. [ᾰby nature, for it does not becomeηin Ion. ]:—fence in, hedge round,hence with collat. notion of defence,secure, fortify, ῥινοῖσι βοῶν φράξαντες ἐπάλξεις having fencedthe battlements with shields, Il. 12.263 ;φράξε δέ μιν [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσιhefencedit with mats, to keep out the water, Od. 5.256 ; ἀρκύστατ' ἂν φράξειεν
A. Ag. 1376
; φ. δέμας ὅπλοισι
Id. Pers. 456
;ἔρνεσι φ. χεῖρα fillthemfullwith wreaths of victory, Pi. I. 1.66 :— Med. ,φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳtheyfencedin theirships, Il. 15.566 , cf. A. Th. 63 ; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσι
:— Pass. ,φραχθέντες σάκεσιν fencedwith shields, Il. 17.268 , cf. E. IA 826 , etc.; ἡ ἀκρόπολις ῥηχῷ ἐπέφρακτο
Hdt. 7.142
; of the Nile, to beembanked,
Id. 2.99 : abs., πεφραγμένοι fortified, prepared for defence,
Id. 5.34
, Th. 1.82 ; of a person,armed,
ἀσπιδίτης καὶ πεφρ.
S. Fr. 426
: metaph.,ἐλπίδος πεφραγμένος having the defenceof hope, cj. in Id. Ant. 235 (cod. Laur,πεπραγμένος,cett. and Sch.δεδραγμένος).
II. put up as a fence, φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ joiningspearcloseto spear, shield to shield, Il. 13.130 ;φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα having put upthe shieldsas a close, thick fence,