τήρ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
watching, safe-keeping, guarding, ἀφύλακτος ἡ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 162; τῆς πολιτείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308a30, compare “PA” 692a7; τῆς πόλεως “Supp.epigram” 6.724 (Perga, 2nd-1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς οἰκίας [[ “POxy.” 1070.51 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀξιώματος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 413e; τῆς ἡλικίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 80 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [πλούτου] [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.44J. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; preservation, e.g. of health, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.646, Papyrus in “Stud.Ital.” 12(1935).94 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; observance, νόμων, ἐντολῶν, [[ LXX.Wis.6.18(19), NT.1Cor.7.19; λεξάντων πρὸς τὴν τήρησιν τοῦ ὕδατος “SIG” 683.60 (Olympia, 2nd c.BC). ] LXX+NT+2nd c.BC+]
__2 vigilance, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.13, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11A. 10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 means of keeping or guarding, τὰς λιθοτομίας.., ἀσφαλεστάτην τ. the quarries.., the most secure place of custody, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.86, cf. NT.Act.4.3, “BGU” 388 iii 7 (2nd c.AD). ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II observing, observation, τῶν καθόλου συμβαινόντων (as Empiric term) [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.830, 16.550, 18(2).307, “Sect.Intr.” 4, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.23, 2.246, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 37.14, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]