φρουρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φρουρή (phrourḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “forwards”) +‎ ὁράω (horáō, “to see”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix); compare φρουρός (phrourós).

Pronunciation

Noun

φρουρᾱ́ • (phrourā́) f (genitive φρουρᾶς); first declension (Attic)

1. (uncountable) the duty of watching, guarding; lookout
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 2:

     Θεοὺς μὲν αἰτῶ τῶνδ’ ἀπαλλαγὴν πόνων,
     φρουρᾶς ἐτείας μῆκος

     Theoùs mèn aitô tônd’ apallagḕn pónōn,
     phrourâs eteías mêkos

     I ask the gods for deliverance from these toils,
     the length of year-long watching

2. (countable) a body of persons whose duty is to guard: garrison, outpost
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.26:

     Χίων φρουρῇ οὐ προσιεμένῃ μιν συνέβαλε

     Khíōn phrourêi ou prosieménēi min sunébale […]

     he attacked a garrison of the Chians that did not accept him

3. (countable) an instance of being stationed at an outpost
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, For Mantitheus 18:

     Τῶν τοίνυν ἄλλων στρατειῶν καὶ φρουρῶν οὐδεμιᾶς ἀπελείφθην πώποτε

     Tôn toínun állōn strateiôn kaì phrourôn oudemiâs apeleíphthēn pṓpote

     I have never left any of the other military appointments or garrisons

Declension

Descendants

• Greek: φρουρά (frourá)

References

• “φρουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φρουρᾱ (phrourā).

Noun

φρουρά • (frourá) f (plural φρουρές)

1. guard
2. guarding, guard duty
3. garrison

Declension

Related terms

• φρούραρχος m (froúrarchos, “garrison commander”)
• φρούριο n (froúrio, “fortress”)
• φρουρός m (frourós, “sentry, guardian”)
• φρουρώ (frouró, “to guard”)
• παλιά φρουρά (paliá frourá, “old guard”)

Further reading

• φρουρά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el