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προφυλακή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προφυλακή

Structure: προφυλακ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: profula/ssw

Sense

  1. a guard in front;, outposts, videttes, piquets, advanced, an advanced guard

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative προφυλακή προφυλακᾱ́ προφυλακαί
Genitive προφυλακῆς προφυλακαῖν προφυλακῶν
Dative προφυλακῇ προφυλακαῖν προφυλακαῖς
Accusative προφυλακήν προφυλακᾱ́ προφυλακᾱ́ς
Vocative προφυλακή προφυλακᾱ́ προφυλακαί

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.

Examples

  • προφυλακαὶ δ’ ἦσαν ἐκείνῳ κωλύειν τε Λεύκολλον, καὶ διαπυρσεύειν οἱ συνεχῶσ, εἴ τι γίγνοιτο. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 12 1:2)

Similar forms

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

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