προφυλ-ᾰκή, ἡ,
guard in front; in plural, outposts, vedettes, piquets, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.25, “Eq. Mag.” 7.13, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 39: _sing._, ἡ π. αὐτοῦ] Refs 5th c.BC+] his advanced guard, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.24, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.3.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι διὰ προφυλακῆς with an advanced guard, with outposts, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II guarding, guard, τῶν πόλεων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.95.5, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.2 (_plural_). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III watch, vigil, [[ LXX.Exo.12.42, +others ] LXX]
__IV caution, προφυλακῇ χρῆσθαι περί τι [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.283. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.2 precaution, c.genitive, against.., [[ [prev. author] 2.368, +others, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Oxy.” 215 iii 14: in Medicine texts, προφυλακῆς χάριν] Refs 4th c.BC+] as a precaution, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.118, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.47. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]