νομοφυλακέω

νομοφῠλᾰκ-έω,

• preserve the laws, Arist. Ath. 8.4; serve as νομοφύλαξ I, SIG 282.18 (Priene, iv B.C.), Dialex. 7.6, Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925 (5).7 (Cyrene, iii B.C.), BSA 26.166 (Sparta, ii A.D.), Lib. Decl. 43.7: irreg. form νομοφυλάξαντα (as if fr. *νομοφυλάσσω), IGRom. 4.1637.10 (Philadelphia).