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εὐφύλακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐφύλακτος εὐφύλακτον

Structure: εὐφυλακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fula/ssw

Sense

  1. easy to keep or guard, on one's guard, easier, to keep a look-out

Examples

  • ἔτυχε δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ λιμνάσαντοσ οὐ πολλαῖσ πρότερον ἡμέραισ ἐγκαταλελεῖφθαι τέλμα βαθὺ καὶ τυφλὸν ἐν τόποισ ἐπιπέδοισ κατὰ τὴν νῦν οὖσαν ἀγοράν, ὅθεν οὐκ ἦν ὄψει πρόδηλον οὐδ’ εὐφύλακτον, ἄλλωσ δὲ χαλεπὸν καὶ ὕπουλον. (Plutarch, chapter 18 3:1)
  • οἱ γὰρ Κυζικηνοὶ πόλιν ἔχοντεσ ὀχυρὰν καὶ παντελῶσ εὐφύλακτον ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ διὰ τὸ χερρόνησον αὐτὴν εἶναι καὶ θαλαττοκρατοῦντεσ ῥᾳδίωσ ἠμύνοντο τοὺσ πολεμίουσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 51 5:2)

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

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