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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

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

  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐνοπλισάμενοι προφυλακὴν πρότεροι τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ἕωσ ἂν ἀγάγωμεν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ τὸν ἑαυτῶν τόπον. καὶ κατοικήσει ἡ ἀποσκευὴ ἡμῶν ἐν πόλεσι τετειχισμέναισ διὰ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:17)
  • διότι ἐκεῖθεν ὑδρεύονται πάντεσ οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ Βαιτυλούα, καὶ ἀνελεῖ αὐτοὺσ ἡ δίψα, καὶ ἐκδώσουσι τὴν πόλιν ἑαυτῶν. καὶ ἡμεῖσ καὶ ὁ λαὸσ ἡμῶν ἀναβησόμεθα ἐπὶ τὰσ πλησίον κορυφὰσ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ παρεμβαλοῦμεν ἐπ̓ αὐταῖσ εἰσ προφυλακὴν τοῦ μὴ ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἄνδρα ἕνα. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:13)
  • καὶ ἔσται ἡνίκα ἂν διαφαύσῃ ὁ ὄρθροσ καὶ ἐξέλθῃ ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀναλήψεσθε ἕκαστοσ τὰ σκεύη τὰ πολεμικὰ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε πᾶσ ἀνὴρ ἰσχύων ἔξω τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ δώσετε ἀρχηγὸν εἰσ αὐτοὺσ ὡσ καταβαίνοντεσ ἐπὶ τὸ πεδίον εἰσ τὴν προφυλακὴν υἱῶν Ἀσσούρ, καὶ οὐ καταβήσεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 14:2)
  • οὗτοσ τὰσ θυγατέρασ σου τὰσ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ μαχαίρᾳ ἀνελεῖ καὶ δώσει ἐπὶ σὲ προφυλακὴν καὶ περιοικοδομήσει καὶ ποιήσει ἐπὶ σὲ κύκλῳ χάρακα καὶ περίστασιν ὅπλων καὶ τὰσ λόγχασ αὐτοῦ ἀπέναντί σου δώσει. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 26:8)
  • ἑτοιμάσθητι, ἑτοίμασον σεαυτὸν σύ, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγή σου ἡ συνηγμένη μετὰ σοῦ καὶ ἔσῃ μοι εἰσ προφυλακήν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 38:7)

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

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