ὀπισθο-φῠλᾰκέω · opistho-phylakeō — LSJ
guard the rear, form the rearguard
guard the rear, form the rearguard, X. An. 3.3.8, J. AJ 14.15.8 ; of the pillar of cloud, Ph. 2.109.
II command it
command it, X. An. 2.3.10, etc.
The corpus record
ὀπισθο-φῠλᾰκέω
opisthophulakeo
guard the rear, form the rearguard
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Where it lives
- Anabasis 8 · 1.42/10k
- Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
- Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ὠπισθοφυλάκει · ōpisthophylakei Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.10 (DIORISIS sentence 774)
- ὀπισθοφυλακεῖν · opisthophylakein Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.36 (DIORISIS sentence 1261)
- ὀπισθοφυλακοῖμεν · opisthophylakoimen Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.37 (DIORISIS sentence 1265)
- ὀπισθοφυλακοῦντες · opisthophylakountes Xenophon, Anabasis 3.3.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1301)
- ὠπισθοφυλάκει · ōpisthophylakei Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.15 (DIORISIS sentence 1512)
- ὀπισθοφυλακήσαντες · opisthophylakēsantes Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1552)
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