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  1. nomophylax
    • Cic. in Greek, see also police chief.; Lidell-Scott: 'guardian of the laws, title of officials appointed to wathc over the laws and their observance' (citing Plato, Aristotle, Cic.). Cic. Rep. 3, 20, 46: 'legum custodiam [Romani] nullam habemus ... Graeci hoc diligentius, apud quos nomofulakeV creabantur, nec ii solum litteras ... sed etiam facta hominum observabant ad legesque revocabant.'

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