τηρ-έω
(τη- also in Doric dialect, [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.77, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.88, compare διατηρέω)] Refs 7th c.BC+], perfect τετήρηκα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 24, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—watch over, take care of, guard, δώματα [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 142; πόλιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 210; τὰς κύνας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.1; τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of persons, δαιμόνων.., αἵτινες τηροῦμεν ὑμᾶς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 579 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τὴν ἀρχήν maintain it, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.32.2; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀξίωμα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.15:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, τὸ ἔξωθεν [τεῖχος] ἐτηρεῖτο was constantly guarded, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future middle τηρήσομαι in passive sense, [[ [prev. author] 4.30. ] Refs]
__2 τ. ὅπως.. ἔσται take care that.. , [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1309b16; ὅπως μηθὲν παρανομῶσι [prev. work] 1307b31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. μὴ.. cavere ne.. , [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 580, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169c; τ. ἐμέ, ὅπως μὴ ἐξαπατήσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.276 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in middle, τηρώμεσθ᾽, ὅπως μὴ.. αἰσθήσεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 372; τηροῦ μὴ λάβῃς ὑπώπια [prev. work] 1386. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός protect them from the fire, i.e. cook them slowly, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[[P. 10. ] Refs]