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.
- καὶ ἀφῆκε, τοῦ πειράσαι ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὸν Ἰσραήλ, εἰ φυλάσσονται τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου πορεύεσθαι ἐν αὐτῇ, ὃν τρόπον ἐφύλαξαν οἱ πατέρεσ αὐτῶν, ἢ οὔ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 2:22)
- πλουτοῦσιν δ’ ἀδίκοισ ἔργμασι πειθόμενοι οὔθ’ ἱερῶν κτεάνων οὔτε τι δημοσίων φειδόμενοι κλέπτουσιν ἐφ’ ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλοσ οὐδὲ φυλάσσονται σεμνὰ θέμεθλα Δίκησ, ἣ σιγῶσα σύνοιδε τὰ γιγνόμενα πρό τ’ ἐόντα, τῷ δὲ χρόνῳ πάντωσ ἦλθ’ ἀποτεισομένη. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 27)
- οὔθ’ ἱερῶν κτεάνων οὔτε τι δημοσίωνφειδόμενοι κλέπτουσιν ἐφ’ ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλοσ,οὐδὲ φυλάσσονται σεμνὰ θέμεθλα Δίκησ,ἣ σιγῶσα σύνοιδε τὰ γιγνόμενα πρό τ’ ἐόντα,τῷ δὲ χρόνῳ πάντωσ ἦλθ’ ἀποτεισομένη. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 335:15)
- Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἢν βούλῃ, περὶ τὰσ μασχάλασ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν τὰ ξύλα παραπέπηγεν, αἱ δὲ χεῖρεσ παρατεταμέναι φυλάσσονται, προσεπιλαμβανέτω δέ τισ κατὰ τὸ γόνυ, καὶ οὕτωσ ἀντιτείνοιτο. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 13.7)
- δώσω γὰρ δίφρόν τε δύω τ’ ἐριαύχενασ ἵππουσ οἵ κεν ἄριστοι ἐώσι θοῇσ ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν ὅσ τίσ κε τλαίη, οἷ τ’ αὐτῷ κῦδοσ ἄροιτο, νηῶν ὠκυπόρων σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν, ἔκ τε πυθέσθαι ἠέ φυλάσσονται νῆεσ θοαὶ ὡσ τὸ πάροσ περ, ἦ ἤδη χείρεσσιν ὑφ’ ἡμετέρῃσι δαμέντεσ φύξιν βουλεύουσι μετὰ σφίσιν, οὐδ’ ἐθέλουσι νύκτα φυλασσέμεναι, καμάτῳ ἀδηκότεσ αἰνῷ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 10 35:5)
Synonyms
-
I watch
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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)
