φρούρ-ιον, Dor.
φρώριον
Inscr.Cret. 1 xvi 17 . 15 (Lato,ii B. C.),τό,
A. fort, citadel,
A. Eu. 919 (lyr.), IG 12.93.17 , etc.; ἀντὶ τοῦ πόλις εἶναι φρούριον κατέστη
Th. 7.28
: esp.hill-fort,as distd. from a fortified town, Id. 2.18 , 3.18 , 51 , Lys. 12.40 , X. Cyr. 1.4.16 , etc.; βίον ὡς οἰκτρὸν ἐξαντλοῦσιν οἱ τὰ φ. τηροῦντες
Men. 74
; τὰ φ. καὶ τὰ ὅρια τῆς Ἀττικῆς
IG 22.1028.22
.
2. prison,of the body, Pl. Ax. 366a .
II. garrison,of a place, A. Pr. 801 (where Sch. also expl. bything to be guarded against); φυλασσόμεσθα φρουρίοισι
E. Or. 760
(troch.);πόλεως φ.,of the Areopagites, A. Eu. 949 (anap.).