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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

  • οὐ βουλομένων δὲ τῶν Μηθυμναίων προσχωρεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐμφρούρων ὄντων Ἀθηναίων, καὶ τῶν τὰ πράγματα ἐχόντων ἀττικιζόντων, προσβαλὼν αἱρεῖ τὴν πόλιν κατὰ κράτοσ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 6 18:1)

Related

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

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