φῠλᾰκ-ή, ἡ,
(φύλαξ) watching or guarding, especially by night, φυλακῆς μνήσασθε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.371 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φυλακὰς ἔχειν keep watch and ward, [[ 9.1, 471 ] Refs]; φ. κατέχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 194 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυλακὴ ἔχει αὐτόν watching engages him, variant in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 188.4; φ. νυκτερινή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 2: proverbial, γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττειν] Refs 8th c.BC+] tell an unarmed man to stand on the defensive, i.e. to give commands that cannot be obeyed, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 144, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 12; περὶ φυλακῆς Εὐβοίας.. ἐπιμέλεσθαι “IG” 12.39.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπως ἀφανὴς εἴη ἡ φ. that there might be nothing visible to watch, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67; φυλακὴν [τῶν τειχῶν] ἔρημον καταλιπεῖν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυλακὰς φυλάξειν keep watch and ward, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 758d; τὴν ἐν θαλάττῃ φ. φυλάττειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.14; φ. ποιῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.31; τὴν φ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.16; φυλακὰς ποιήσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.21; ἰσχυρὰς φ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυλακὰς καταστήσασθαι, κατασκευάσασθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 841, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 watch or guard, of persons, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321d (_plural_), NT.Act.12.10, etc.; φ. ἑωυτοῦ ποιεύμενός [τινας] 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.154 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; φ. τοῦ σώματος a body guard, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.3; τῶν σωμάτων 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.9; φ. περὶ τὸ σῶμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.58, compare “PHib.” 1.59.5 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; garrison of a place or fortress, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τῇ Ναυπάκτῳ φ., of a squadron of ships, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]