A.“τετήρηκα” Epicur.Sent.24, etc.:—watch over, take care of, guard, “δώματα” h.Cer.142; “πόλιν” Pi. l.c., cf. Ar.V.210; “τὰς κύνας” X.Cyn.6.1; “τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς” Antipho 2.2.8; rarely of persons, “δαιμόνων . . , αἵτινες τηροῦμεν ὑμᾶς” Ar.Nu.579 (troch.); τ. τὴν ἀρχήν maintain it, Plb.21.32.2; “τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀξίωμα” D.S.17.15:—Pass., τὸ ἔξωθεν [τεῖχος] ἐτηρεῖτο was constantly guarded, Th.2.13: fut. Med. τηρήσομαι in pass. sense, Id.4.30.
2. τ. ὅπως . . ἔσται take care that . . , Arist.Pol.1309b16; ὅπως μηθὲν παρανομῶσι ib.1307b31; τ. μὴ . . cavere ne . . , Ar.Th.580, Pl.Tht.169c; “τ. ἐμέ, ὅπως μὴ ἐξαπατήσω” D.18.276: also in Med., “τηρώμεσθ᾽, ὅπως μὴ . . αἰσθήσεται” Ar. V.372; τηροῦ μὴ λάβῃς ὑπώπια ib.1386.
II. give heed to, watch narrowly, observe, “τηρῶ αὐτοὺς οὐδὲ δοκῶν ὁρᾶν κλέπτοντας” Ar.Eq.1145, cf. V.364; “τὰς ἁμαρτίας” Th.4.60; “ἐκεῖνο τ. μὴ . . ” Ar.Pax146, cf. Pl.R.442a; “τ. ὅ τι καὶ δράσει” Ar.Ec. 946.
2. watch for a person or thing, with a part., “παραστείχοντα τηρήσας” S.OT808; ἔνδον ὄντα τηρήσαντες αὐτόν having watched for his being within, Th.1.134; τ. τὸν πορθμὸν κατιόντος τοῦ ἀνέμου watching for a crossing with the wind blowing down, Id.6.2; τ. τινὰ ἀνιόντα watch for one's coming up, D.53.17: c. acc. only, “ἄνεμον τηρῆσαι” Th.1.65; “τ. νύκτα χειμέριον” Id.3.22, cf. 4.27; νύκτα καὶ ὕδωρ, D.59.103; “τ. τοὺς ἀστέρας” Arist.Cael.292a8; τὴν θήραν τ. Id.HA623a13; “τ. καιρόν” Id.Rh.1382b10:—Pass., ὁ καιρὸς ἐτηρήθη was watched for, Lys.12.71.
3. abs., watch, keep watch, Th. 7.80, Arist.EN1167b13: c. inf., watch or look out, so as to . . , “ἐτήρουν ἀνέμῳ καταφέρεσθαι” Th.4.26.
4. observe, notice, [μετακόσμησιν σωμάτων] Sor.1.41; “τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς φράσεως” Id.Vit. Hippocr.13; “τὸ πολὺ μὲν οὕτως ἀποβαίνειν τετήρηται” Gal. 18(2).13.
5. test by observation or trial, τετηρημένον βοήθημα an approved method of treatment, Antyll. ap. Orib.6.22.3; τετήρηνται χρησιμεύοντές τισι Id.ib.21.9; as Empiric term, “τετηρημένης ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς τῆς θεραπείας, οὐκ ἐνδεικτικῶς εὑρισκομένης” Gal.6.361; “Μηνόδοτος ὁ ἐμπειρικός, ἐπὶ μόνῃ τῇ πληθωρικῇ καλουμένῃ συνδρομῇ φάσκων τετηρῆσθαι φλεβοτομίαν” Id.15.766.
III. observe or keep an engagement, “ὅρκους” Democr.239; “παρακαταθήκας” Isoc.1.22; “ἀπόρρητα” Lys. 31.31; “εἰρήνην” D.18.89; “τὸ πρέπον” Phld.Po.5.35; “τὴν πίστιν” 2 Ep.Ti. 4.7.