φρουρά

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φρουρᾱ́ (phrourā́f (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

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φρουρᾱ (phrourā).

Noun

φρουρά (frouráf (plural φρουρές)

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

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