Hellas Alive Dictionary - οπισθοφυλαξ

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ὀπισθοφύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀπισθοφύλαξ ὀπισθοφύλακος

Structure: ὀπισθοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Third declension

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.

οἱ δὲ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔπασχον μὲν κακῶσ, ἀντεποίουν δ’ οὐδέν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 9:3)
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦσαν ἐπὶ χαράδρᾳ οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ ἣν ἔδει διαβάντασ πρὸσ τὸ ὄρθιον ἐκβαίνειν, τηνικαῦτα ἐκύλινδον οἱ βάρβαροι ὁλοιτρόχουσ ἁμαξιαίουσ καὶ μείζουσ καὶ ἐλάττουσ, οἳ φερόμενοι πρὸσ τὰσ πέτρασ παίοντεσ διεσφενδονῶντο· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 4:1)
ἔνθα δὴ οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ, ἅτε ὑγιαίνοντεσ, ἐξαναστάντεσ ἔδραμον εἰσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 19:1)
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦλθον οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ, συνεκάλεσε στρατηγοὺσ καὶ λοχαγούσ, καὶ ἔλεξεν ὧδε. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 8:1)
ἀκούσασ δὲ ὁ Ξενοφῶν καὶ οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ ᾠήθησαν ἔμπροσθεν ἄλλουσ ἐπιτίθεσθαι πολεμίουσ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 7 25:1)

one who guards the rear
- οὐρά̄ ( the rear-guard, rear)
- οὐραγός (leader of the rear-guard)

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

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