Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word φυλάσσω. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word φυλάσσω, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say φυλάσσω in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word φυλάσσω you have here. The definition of the word φυλάσσω will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofφυλάσσω, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
From Proto-Hellenic*pʰuláťťō, the same source as φῠ́λᾰξ(phúlax, “watcher, guard”). Further etymology is unknown. According to Beekes, both words are clearly Pre-Greek.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύλαξ, -ακος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1595
φυλάσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“φυλάσσω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter