Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

Phylăcē, ēs, f., = Φυλακή.

  1. I. A city of Thessaly, where Protesilaus reigned; its ruins are near the mod. Ghidek, Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32.
    Hence,
    1. B. Phylăcēis, ĭdis, adj. f., Phylacian: matres Phylaceides, Ov. H. 13, 35.
      Subst.: Phylăcēis, ĭdis, f. (acc. Phylaceida), Laodamia, wife of Protesilaus, Stat. S. 5, 3, 273.
      1. 2. Phy-lăcēĭus, a, um, adj., Phylacian: conjux, i. e. Laodamia, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 39.
      2. 3. Subst. plur.: Phylăcaei, ōrum, m., the Phylacians, Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 34.
      3. 4. Phȳ̆lăcĭ-des (Phyll-), ae, m., Phylacides, i. e. Protesilaus, Ov. A. A. 2, 356: respice Phylaciden, id. ib. 3, 17: heros, Prop. 1, 19, 7.
  2. II. A city of the Molossians in Epirus, Liv. 45, 26.