Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίφρουρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίφρουρος ἐπίφρουρον

Structure: ἐπιφρουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. keeping watch over

Examples

  • λαμπάδων ὁρῶ σέλασ, δόμων δ’ ἐπ’ ἄκρων τούσδε πυργηρουμένουσ, ξίφοσ δ’ ἐμῆσ θυγατρὸσ ἐπίφρουρον δέρῃ. (Euripides, episode, iambic12)

Synonyms

  1. keeping watch over

Similar forms

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

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