φῠλᾰκ-τήριον, τό,
guarded post, fort, castle, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially an outpost communicating with fortifications, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.31, 33, 110, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, guardrooms, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a20. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 safeguard, security, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 917b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: preservative, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; amulet, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.154, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.378b, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; among the Jews φυλακτήρια were small rolls of parchment with texts from the Law written on them, bound to the forehead by persons praying, [[ NT.Matt.23.5 ] NT]; φ. χρυσᾶ, symbols denoting the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, [[ “OGI” 90.45 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; amulet, [[ PMag.Lond. 121.298 (_plural_); _metaphorically_, τὸ ὄνομά σου ἔχω ἓν φ. ἐν καρδίᾳ “PMag.Leid.W.” 18.2. ] Refs]
__3 perhaps guard or chain, PLond.unpublished2199.