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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From προ- (pro-, “forwards”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see”) + -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix); compare φρουρός (phrourós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰruː.rǎː/ → /ɸruˈra/ → /fruˈra/
Noun
φρουρᾱ́ • (phrourā́) f (genitive φρουρᾶς); first declension (Attic)
- (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
- (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
- (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
References
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek φρουρᾱ (phrourā).
Noun
φρουρά • (frourá) f (plural φρουρές)
- guard
- guarding, guard duty
- garrison
Declension
- φρούραρχος m (froúrarchos, “garrison commander”)
- φρούριο n (froúrio, “fortress”)
- φρουρός m (frourós, “sentry, guardian”)
- φρουρώ (frouró, “to guard”)
- παλιά φρουρά (paliá frourá, “old guard”)
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