προφυλ-άσσω,
Attic dialect προφυλάττω, keep guard before a place or house, with accusative, νηόν [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 538 (in _Epic dialect_ _imperative_ form προφύλαχθε, for προφυλάσσετε),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.14: with _genitive_, [prev. author] “Hier.” 6.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be on guard, keep a look-out, τὴν προφυλάσσουσαν (i.e. νέα) ἐπὶ Σκιάθῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.92, compare 7.179, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1146 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, to be on one's guard, take precautions, προεφυλάξατο ὅσα ἐδύνατο μάλιστα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative, to be on one's guard or take precautions against, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.176, compare 9.99, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.5, “Mem.” 1.4.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II later active is used like middle, take precautions against, τὰ τοῦ σώματος κινήματα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.129a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]