φρουρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • φρουρή (phrourḗ) – Ionic

Etymology

Related to φρουρός (phrourós).

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Pronunciation
 

Noun

φρουρᾱ́ • (phrourā́) f (genitive φρουρᾶς); first declension

(Attic)
  1. (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
  2. (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 […]
  3. (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
First declension of ἡ φρουρᾱ́; τῆς φρουρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Greek

Noun

φρουρά • (frourá) f (plural φρουρές)

  1. guard
  2. guarding, guard duty
  3. garrison

Declension
declension of φρουρά
singular plural
nominative φρουρά • φρουρές •
genitive φρουράς • φρουρών •
accusative φρουρά • φρουρές •
vocative φρουρά • φρουρές •
  • 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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