φυλακή

From φύλαξ (phúlax) +‎ -η (-ē).

φῠλᾰκή • (phulakḗ) f (genitive φῠλᾰκῆς); first declension

1. detention, custody
2. watch of the night

• Greek: φυλακή (fylakí)

• φυλακή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φυλακή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φυλακή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • asylum idem, page 48.
  • blockade idem, page 84.
  • bondage idem, page 89.
  • captivity idem, page 113.
  • care idem, page 113.
  • caution idem, page 119.
  • circumspection idem, page 133.
  • confinement idem, page 158.
  • custody idem, page 191.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • detention idem, page 219.
  • durance idem, page 256.
  • garrison idem, page 354.
  • guard idem, page 376.
  • guardianship idem, page 377.
  • hold idem, page 402.
  • imprisonment idem, page 424.
  • keeping idem, page 468.
  • look-out idem, page 499.
  • maintenance idem, page 508.
  • precaution idem, page 634.
  • preservation idem, page 637.
  • protection idem, page 653.
  • restraint idem, page 705.
  • safe-guard idem, page 730.
  • safe-keeping idem, page 730.
  • safety idem, page 730.
  • sanctuary idem, page 733.
  • security idem, page 747.
  • shelter idem, page 764.
  • support idem, page 841.
  • surveillance idem, page 845.
  • tutelage idem, page 903.
  • vigil idem, page 951.
  • vigilance idem, page 951.
  • vindication idem, page 952.
  • ward idem, page 964.
  • wariness idem, page 964.
  • watch idem, page 965.
  • watchfulness idem, page 967.

From Ancient Greek φυλακή (phulakḗ).

φυλακή • (fylakí) f (plural φυλακές)

1. prison, jail, gaol

   κελί φυλακής ― kelí fylakís ― prison cell

2. imprisonment

• φυλάκιση f (fylákisi, “imprisonment”)
• φυλακισμένος m (fylakisménos, “prisoner”)

• κρατητήριο n (kratitírio, “cells in police station”)

• φυλακή in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.