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.
- πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ δικαιοσύνησ. φυλάσσεται δὲ ὁ ἀσεβὴσ εἰσ ἡμέραν κακήν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 16:5)
- "ταῦτα μέν νυν οὕτω φυλάσσεται, μεθυσκόμενοι δὲ εἰώθασι βουλεύεσθαι τὰ σπουδαιότατα τῶν πρηγμάτων τὸ δ’ ἂν ἅδῃ σφίσι βουλευομένοισι, τοῦτο τῇ ὑστεραίῃ νήφουσι προτιθεῖ ὁ στεγέαρχοσ ἐν τοῦ ἂν ἐόντεσ βουλεύωνται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 237)
- πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ φιλεῖν δεῖ τοὺσ συγγενεῖσ τοὺσ ἑαυτῆσ καὶ τοὺσ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἑώσ ἐξανεψιῶν καὶ τοῦτο ποιεῖν καθ’ ἡμέραν, ὁπόταν ἴδῃ πρῶτον, λοιπὸν ἀδήλου τῆσ ἐντυχίασ οὔσησ τίσιν ἀπαντήσει φυλάσσεται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 56 3:3)
- καὶ μὴν πέλασ γε προσπόλοισ φυλάσσεται. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 2:15)
- ὦ πλοῦτε καὶ τυραννὶ καὶ τέχνη τέχνησ ὑπερφέρουσα τῷ πολυζήλῳ βίῳ, ὅσοσ παρ’ ὑμῖν ὁ φθόνοσ φυλάσσεται, εἰ τῆσδέ γ’ ἀρχῆσ οὕνεχ’, ἣν ἐμοὶ πόλισ δωρητόν, οὐκ αἰτητόν, εἰσεχείρισεν, ταύτησ Κρέων ὁ πιστόσ, οὑξ ἀρχῆσ φίλοσ, λάθρᾳ μ’ ὑπελθὼν ἐκβαλεῖν ἱμείρεται, ὑφεὶσ μάγον τοιόνδε μηχανορράφον, δόλιον ἀγύρτην, ὅστισ ἐν τοῖσ κέρδεσιν μόνον δέδορκε, τὴν τέχνην δ’ ἔφυ τυφλόσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 6:1)
Synonyms
-
I watch
-
I lie in wait
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I watch for
-
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)
