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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

  • ὁ μὲν οὖν δῆμοσ ὑπὸ τοῖσ στασιασταῖσ ἔμφρουροσ ἦν, οἱ δὲ στασιασταὶ τὴν εὐταξίαν τῶν Ῥωμαίων καταπλαγέντεσ τῶν μὲν ἔξω τῆσ πόλεωσ μερῶν εἶκον, εἰσ δὲ τὴν ἐνδοτέρω καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἀνεχώρουν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 666:1)

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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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