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φυλακτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυλακτικός φυλακτική φυλακτικόν

Structure: φυλακτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. preservative
  2. vigilant, observant, cherishing the recollection of
  3. cautious

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀσμενίζοντεσ τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν οὐδὲν προυργιαίτερον ἐποιοῦντο τοῦ κοινῇ συμφέροντοσ, καὶ κηδεμονικῶσ καὶ φυλακτικῶσ ἕκαστα χειρίζοντεσ καὶ τὰ κατ’ ἰδίαν καὶ τὰ κοινὰ τοῦ πλήθουσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 8 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. preservative

  2. cautious

Related

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

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