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διαφῠλάσσω

diaphulasso

watch closely, guard carefully

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Machabaeorum II 6 · 5.19/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 3 · 4.35/10k
Judith 3 · 3.42/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαφῠλάσσω · diaphylassō — LSJ

watch closely, guard carefully, guard for oneself

watch closely, guard carefully, τὰ τείχεα, τὴν πόλιν, Hdt. 6.101, 133; τὴν πάροδον Lys. 2.30; τὰ ἀγαθά Isoc. 2.6, cf. SIG 577.15 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.); esp. of providential care, LXX Ps. 90(91).11, al., cf. PGiss. 17.7 (Hadr.), etc.:—Med., guard for oneself, πόλιν E. IA 369.

2 observe closely

observe closely, τὰ μέτρα Hdt. 2.121.αʹ

3 observe, maintain, guard against, take care

observe, maintain, τοὺς νόμους Pl. Lg. 951b, cf. SIG 1044.10 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), PTeb. 25.3 (ii B.C., Pass.); εἰρήνην Philipp. ap. D. 18.78; τὴν πρός τινα πίστιν Plb. 1.78.8; εὔνοιαν IG 12(7).241.22 (Amorgos, iii B.C.); δ. τὸ μὴ σπουδάζειν guard against being too particular . ., Pl. Plt. 261e; πλῆθος δ. ὅτι μάλιστα ταὐτὸν αὑτῶν εἶναι take care that . ., Id. Criti. 112d.

4 remember, retain

remember, retain, Luc. Tim. 1, Cont. 7.

In the wild

διεφύλαττον · diephylatton Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..29 (DIORISIS sentence 361)
διαφυλάττων · diaphylattōn Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1096a (DIORISIS sentence 77)
διεφύλαξαν · diephylaxan Aristotle, Politics 1312b (DIORISIS sentence 2140)
διαφυλάττειν · diaphylattein Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
διαφυλάττειν · diaphylattein Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 32)
διαφυλάξαι · diaphylaxai Epictetus, Discourses 0.0 (DIORISIS sentence 2)

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