φρουρά,
Ionic dialect φρουρή, ἡ: (see. φρουρός near the end):— look-out, watch, guard, as a duty, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, “IG” 12.3.26, etc.; ἐς φ. δόμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1252; φρουρὰν ἐτάξαντ᾽ ἐν δόμοις [prev. author] “Andr.” 1099 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω shall keep unenviable watch, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 143 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄμματος φρουρά my watchful eye, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 226 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φρουρᾶς ᾄδων singing while on guard, to keep oneself awake or while away the time, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 721 (_anapaest meter_); τοῖς.. πιστοτέροις.. διετέτακτο ἡ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 117d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 a watch of the night, ἡ νυκτερινὴ φ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.11.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 5 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 prison, ward, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 62b, “Grg.” 525a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons set to watch, guard, garrison, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.26, 7.59, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 301, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.51, “IG” 22.28.14, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of frontier-posts, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.24, etc.; στρατειῶν καὶ φρουρῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξήλθομεν εἰς Πάνακτον φρουρᾶς προγραφείσης being ordered on garrison-duty, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.3; τὰ κύκλῳ κατέχειν ἁρμοσταῖς καὶ φρουραῖς [prev. author] 18.96; φρουρὰν ὑποδέχεσθαι [prev. author] 58.38. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]