φυλάσσω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φυλάσσω
φυλάξω
ἐφύλαξα
πεφύλακα
πεφύλαγμαι
ἐφυλάχθην
Structure:
φυλάσς
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Root FULAK
Sense
- I watch, guard, protect, defend
- I lie in wait, ambush
- I watch for, wait for
- I maintain, preserve, cherish
- I am on guard against, am wary, shun, avoid
- (middle) I take heed, take care, am on guard
- (middle) I keep in mind, remember
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὁ δὲ νεανίασ σεμνῶσ ἀτοίχουσ περιβολὰσ σκηνωμάτων ὀρθοστάταισ ἱδρύεθ’, ἡλίου βολὰσ καλῶσ φυλάξασ, οὔτε πρὸσ μέσασ φλογὸσ ἀκτῖνασ, οὔτ’ αὖ πρὸσ τελευτώσασ βίον, πλέθρου σταθμήσασ μῆκοσ εἰσ εὐγωνίαν, μέτρημ’ ἔχουσαν τοὐν μέσῳ γε μυρίων ποδῶν ἀριθμόν, ὡσ λέγουσιν οἱ σοφοί, ὡσ πάντα Δελφῶν λαὸν ἐσ θοίνην καλῶν. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:2)
- τὴν δὲ δὴ πολύστονον Ἑλένην, φυλάξασ νύκτα, μή τισ εἰσιδὼν μεθ’ ἡμέραν στείχουσαν, ὧν ὑπ’ Ἰλίῳ παῖδεσ τεθνᾶσιν, ἐσ πέτρων ἔλθῃ βολάσ, προύπεμψεν ἐσ δῶμ’ ἡμέτερον· (Euripides, episode 4:3)
- δὲ ἐπιγνοὺσ ὁ Ὀρόβιοσ στρατηγὸσ Ῥωμαίων καὶ φυλάσσων τὴν Δῆλον φυλάξασ ἀσέληνον νύκτα καὶ ἐκβιβάσασ τοὺσ ἑαυτοῦ στρατιώτασ, κοιμωμένοισ καὶ μεθύουσιν ἐπιπεσὼν κατέκοψε τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ καὶ τοὺσ μετ’ αὐτῶν συστρατευομένουσ ὡσ βοσκήματα, ἑξακοσίουσ τὸν ἀριθμόν, ἐζώγρησε δὲ καὶ περὶ τετρακοσίουσ, καὶ ὁ καλὸσ στρατηγὸσ Ἀπελλικῶν ἔλαθε φυγὼν ἐκ Δήλου, πολλοὺσ δὲ καὶ συμφυγόντασ κατιδὼν ὁ Ὀρόβιοσ εἰσ ἐπαύλεισ συγκατέφλεξεν αὐταῖσ οἰκίαισ καὶ πάντα αὐτῶν τὰ πολιορκητικὰ ὄργανα σὺν τῇ ἑλεπόλει, ἣν εἰσ Δῆλον ἐλθὼν κατεσκευάκει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 53 3:1)
- ἀνοχὰσ δὲ ἑφθημέρουσ πρὸσ Ἀργείουσ ποιησάμενοσ, φυλάξασ αὐτούσ, τῇ τρίτῃ νυκτὶ κοιμωμένοισ διὰ τὸ πεποιθέναι ταῖσ σπονδαῖσ ἐπέθετο· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 21)
- ἀνοχὰσ δὲ ἑφθημέρουσ πρὸσ Ἀργείουσ ποιησάμενοσ, φυλάξασ αὐτοὺσ τῇ τρίτῃ νυκτὶ κοιμωμένουσ διὰ τὸ πεποιθέναι ταῖσ σπονδαῖσ, ἐπέθετο· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 21)
Synonyms
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I watch
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I lie in wait
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I watch for
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I am on guard against
-
I take heed
- ἀκηδέω (to take no care for, no heed of)
- προτιμάω (to care for, take heed of, reck of)
- τηρέω (to watch over, take care of, guard)
- ἀλέγω (to heed, regard, respect)
- καταμελέω (to take no care of, to pay no heed, be heedless)
- ἀλεγίζω (to trouble oneself about, to care for, to take heed)
- ἐμπάζομαι (to busy oneself about, take heed of, care for)
- ὄθομαι (to care for, take heed, regard)
- εἰσοράω (to take care)
- τηρέω (to take care that)
- παρατηρέω (to take care)
- ἐντρέπω (to take care that)
- διευλαβέομαι (to take good heed to, beware of, be on one's guard against)
- ἀφροντιστέω (to have no care of, pay no heed to)
-
I keep in mind
Derived
- διαφυλάσσω (to watch closely, guard carefully, to guard for oneself)
- ἐκφυλάσσω (to watch carefully)
- παραφυλάσσω (to watch beside, to guard closely, watch narrowly)
- προφυλάσσω (to keep guard before, to guard, to keep guard over)
- συμφυλάσσω (to keep guard along with, to guard with others)
