φρουρά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φρουρή (phrourḗ) – Ionic
Etymology
From προ- (pro-, “forwards”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see”) + -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix); compare φρουρός (phrourós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰruː.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰruˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸruˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fruˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /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
- Theoùs mèn aitô tônd’ apallagḕn pónōn,
- Θεοὺς μὲν αἰτῶ τῶνδ’ ἀπαλλαγὴν πόνων,
- (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 […]
- Χίων φρουρῇ οὐ προσιεμένῃ μιν συνέβαλε […]
- (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
- Τῶν τοίνυν ἄλλων στρατειῶν καὶ φρουρῶν οὐδεμιᾶς ἀπελείφθην πώποτε
Declension
First declension of ἡ φρουρᾱ́; τῆς φρουρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φρουρᾱ́ hē phrourā́ | τὼ φρουρᾱ́ tṑ phrourā́ | αἱ φρουραί hai phrouraí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φρουρᾶς tês phrourâs | τοῖν φρουραῖν toîn phrouraîn | τῶν φρουρῶν tôn phrourôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φρουρᾷ têi phrourâi | τοῖν φρουραῖν toîn phrouraîn | ταῖς φρουραῖς taîs phrouraîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φρουρᾱ́ν tḕn phrourā́n | τὼ φρουρᾱ́ tṑ phrourā́ | τᾱ̀ς φρουρᾱ́ς tā̀s phrourā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | φρουρᾱ́ phrourā́ | φρουρᾱ́ phrourā́ | φρουραί phrouraí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: φρουρά (frourá)
References
- “φρουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek φρουρᾱ (phrourā).
Noun
φρουρά • (frourá) f (plural φρουρές)
- guard
- guarding, guard duty
- garrison
Declension
declension of φρουρά
case \\ number | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | φρουρά • | φρουρές • |
genitive | φρουράς • | φρουρών • |
accusative | φρουρά • | φρουρές • |
vocative | φρουρά • | φρουρές • |
Related terms
- φρούραρχος m (froúrarchos, “garrison commander”)
- φρούριο n (froúrio, “fortress”)
- φρουρός m (frourós, “sentry, guardian”)
- φρουρώ (frouró, “to guard”)
- παλιά φρουρά (paliá frourá, “old guard”)
Further reading
- φρουρά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el