ἑρκεῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(freq. written [[ἕρκειος]] in codd.), ον, also α, ον A.''Ch.''653:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> of or in the [[ἕρκος]] or [[front court]], <b class="b3">Ζεὺς Ἑρκεῖος</b>, as the [[household]] [[god]], Od.22.335, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.68, S.''Ant.''487, E.''Tr.''17, Cratin.Jun.9, Pl.''Euthd.''302d, Arist.''Mu.''401a20: abs., [[Ἑρκεῖος]], ὁ, Paus.4.17.4; also βωμὸς ἑρκεῖος Pi. ''Pae.''6.114.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[Ἑρκεῖοι]], οἱ, = Lat. [[Penates]], D.H.1.67.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">πύλαι, θύρα ἑ.</b>, the [[gate]]s, door [[of the court]], A.''Ch.''561, 571, 653; πρὸς κίον' ἑρκείου στέγης [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''108; ἐφ' ἑρκείῳ πυρᾷ E.''Tr.''483.