φρουρώ

See also: φρουρῷ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰruː.rɔ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰruˈro/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸruˈro/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fruˈro/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fruˈro/

Noun

φρουρώ • (phrourṓ)

nominative/accusative/vocative dual of φρουρός (phrourós)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φρουρῶ (phrourô), contracted form of φρουρέω (phrouréō), from φρουρός (phrourós).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fruˈro/
Hyphenation: φρου‧ρώ
Homophone: φρουρό (frouró)

Verb

φρουρώ • (frouró) (past φρούρησα, passive φρουρούμαι, p‑past φρουρήθηκα)

to guard (to protect or watch over)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

περιφρουρώ (perifrouró, “to guard, to watch over”)
προστατεύω (prostatévo, “to protect, to care for”)
φυλάω (fyláo, “to watch over, to tend”)

Related terms

φρουρούμενος (frouroúmenos, passive present participle)

and see: φρουρός m (frourós, “guard”)

References

^ φρουρώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language