κῆρυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῡκος, ὁ, Aeol. κᾶρυξ [ᾱ] <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.1</span>:—but κήρῡκος, ου, ὁ, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>775.26</span>: (κηρύσσω):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">herald, pursuivant</b>: generally, <b class="b2">public messenger, envoy</b>, κ. λιγύφθογγοι <span class="bibl">Il.2.50</span>, al.; κηρύκων, οἳ δημιοεργοὶ ἔασιν <span class="bibl">Od.19.135</span>; κ. Διῒφίλοι <span class="bibl">Il.8.517</span>; κ., Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">1.334</span>; <b class="b3">θεῶν κ</b>., of Hermes, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>80</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>939</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 515</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>124</span>: distd. from <b class="b3">πρέσβεις</b>, as being <b class="b2">messengers between nations at war</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Th.1.29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>727</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>941a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.12.4</span>: used interchangeably with <b class="b3">ἀπόστολος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.21</span>: as pr.n.of a family at Athens, <span class="bibl">Th.8.53</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.116</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.38.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.8.103</span>; functioning as <b class="b3">μάγειροι</b> at festivals, Clidem.<span class="bibl">3</span>, <span class="bibl">17</span>; Κηρυκίδαι Phot. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> as fem., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>4.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">crier</b>, who made proclamation and kept order in assemblies, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>42</span> sq.; ὁ κ. ἀνεῖπεν <span class="bibl">And.1.36</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ τῶν μυστῶν κ</b>., at Eleusis, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.20</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>845 (Eleusis, iii A.D.), <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.33.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">auctioneer</b>, ὑπὸ κήρυκος πωλεῖν <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>97</span>; ἀπέδοτο πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὑπὸ κήρυκα <span class="title">IPE</span>12.32<span class="hiitalic">B</span>35 (Olbia, iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.29.21</span> (iii B.C.); ἀποδίδοσθαι ὑπὸ κήρυκι <span class="bibl">Ammon. <span class="title">Diff.</span>p.81</span> V. (v.l. [[ὑπὸ κήρυκα]] Ptol.Asc.<span class="bibl">p.399</span> H.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> generally, <b class="b2">messenger, herald</b>, θεοὶ κήρυκες ἀγγέλλουσι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1511</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>347</span>; of the cock, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>30</span>; of writing, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>780</span> (anap.); κ. καὶ τάφος εἰμὶ βροτοῦ <span class="title">IG</span>14.1618; of Homer, <b class="b3">ἡρώων κάρυκ' ἀρετᾶς</b> ib.1188: metaph., κ. καὶ ἀπόστολος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Ti.</span>2.7</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">trumpet-shell</b>, e.g. <b class="b2">Triton nodiferum</b>, and smaller species, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528a10</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.133</span>, Macho ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.8.349c</span>, Gal.4.670, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.7</span>, Alex. Trall.<span class="bibl">3.7</span>. [ῡ exc. acc. pl. κήρῠκας <span class="bibl">Antim.19</span> (s.v.l.), cf. κηρῠκιον <span class="title">AP</span> 11.124 (Nicarch.): but accented <b class="b3">κῆρυξ</b>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.44</span>, etc.] (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">kārús</b> 'poet', <b class="b2">kīrtis</b> 'fame'.)</span>