πρόφυλ-αξ, ᾰκος, ὁ,
advanced guard: οἱ π.,= αἱ προφυλακαί, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.112, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.15, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II officer on guard, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], and so probably in [[ “IGRom.” 4.455 (Pergam.).— Also _feminine_, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 22. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III epithet of Apollo, [[ “IG” 12(7).419. ] Refs]