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ἔμφρουρ-ος

emphrouros

on guard at a post

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ἔμφρουρ-ος · emphrour-os — LSJ

on guard at a post

on guard at a post, X. HG 1.6.13.

2 liable to military duty

liable to military duty (cf. φρουρά), opp. ἄφρουρος, Id. Lac. 5.7.

II held by garrisons

Pass., held by garrisons, πόλεις ἐμφρούρους ποιεῖ Decr. ap. D. 18.182, cf. Plb. 2.41.10, etc.

III shut up in, kept, in prison

shut up in, τῷ ταύρῳ Phalar. Ep. 147.3; οἷον ἔ. kept as it were in prison, Longin. 44.4, cf. Jul. ad Ath. 272d.

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