φρουρ-έω,
poetical imperfect φρούρουν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 915 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 31, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐφρούρησα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, future -ήσομαι in passive sense, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 603:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, aorist ἐφρουρήθην[[ [prev. work] 1390 ] Refs]: perfect πεφρούρημαι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 23 (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista), (δια-) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 265 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (φρουρός):—keep watch or guard, ἐν Ἐλεφαντίνῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], compare 9.106, “IG” 12.99.21, “OGI” 38.1 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of ships, φ. περὶ Ναύπακτον or ἐν Ναυπάκτῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.80, 83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ἐπί τινι to keep watch over.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 35 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ φρουροῦντες the guardians, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763d; συνάπτειν.. φρουροῦντας.. φρουροῦσι [prev. work] 758b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; proverbial, ἐν παντὶ.. σκορπίος φ. λίθῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, 'keep a sharp look-out', [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 915. ] Refs]
__II transitive, watch, guard, τὴν χώρην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.90; τὴν γέφυραν [prev. author] 4.133; τὴν ἀτραπόν [prev. author] 7.217; βρέτας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1024; σὲ δαίμων.. φρουρήσας τύχοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1479 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν Ποτείδαιαν φ. garrison it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3. [17], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.17, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυλακαῖσι φ. σῶμ᾽ Ὀδυσσέως set a watch over.. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 690: _metaphorically_, φ. πέτραν] Refs 5th c.BC+] keep watch over it, of Prometheus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; στόμα εὔφημον φρουρεῖν ἀγαθόν keep silence, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 98 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ.. φρουρήσει τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν NT.Phil.4.7 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be watched or guarded, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.203, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 218, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1013, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 995, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the watch kept by besiegers, κύκλῳ φρουρούμενος ὑπὸ πάντων πολεμίων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]