Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀπισθοφυλακία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀπισθοφυλακία

Structure: ὀπισθοφυλακι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. the command of the rear

Examples

  • ἐκτάσσοντι δὲ αὐτῷ παρεγένοντο καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῆσ ὀπισθοφυλακίασ πεζοί τε καὶ ἱππεῖσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 22 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. the command of the rear

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

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