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ἔμφρουρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμφρουρος ἔμφρουρον

Structure: ἐμφρουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. on guard in, the garrison
  2. garrisoned

Examples

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑπὸ φανοῦ τὸν ἔτι ἔμφρουρον ἔξεστι πορεύεσθαι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 8:3)
  • Κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀκαρνανίαν συναχθείσησ τῆσ ἐκκλησίασ εἰσ Θύρρειον, Αἰσχρίων μὲν καὶ Γλαῦκοσ καὶ Χρέμασ ὄντεσ Ῥωμαίων παρεκάλουν τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Γάιον ἔμφρουρον ποιῆσαι τὴν Ἀκαρνανίαν· (Polybius, Histories, book 28, chapter 5 1:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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