ὁ (on the accent v. Hdn. Gr. 1.150, 2.128), Ep. and Ion. for φύλαξ, Il. 24.566, IG 12(8).356 (Thasos, vi BC), Hdt. 1.84, 89, 2.113, al. ; dub. in OGI 674.12 (Coptos, i AD); φ. νεκύων Κέρβερον Theoc. 29.38, cf. A.R. 1.132; ἥρως πόλεως φ. Inscr.Prien. 196; as fem., κοῦραι αἱ φυλακοί Call. Hec. 1.2.12. Φύλακος, ὁ, as pr. n., Il. 6.35, Od. 15.231; so Φυλάκη (Il. 2.695, etc.), as distd. from φυλακή.