Ἐριχθόνιος
Λεύσσετε, Θήβης οἱ κοιρανίδαι τὴν βασιλειδᾶν μούνην λοιπήν, οἷα πρὸς οἵων ἀνδρῶν πάσχω → See, you leaders of Thebes, what sorts of things I, its last princess, suffer at the hands of such men
English (LSJ)
ὁ, an Attic hero, A.Fr.368, E.Ion 21, Arist.Fr.637, etc.: Ἐριχθονίδαι,
A = Ἐρεχθεῖδαι, IG3.771.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἐριχθόνιος: ὁ, ἀρχαῖος ἥρως τῶν Ἀθηνῶν συνταυτιζόμενος ἐνίοτε τῷ Ἐρεχθεῖ, Θεμιστ. Λογ. 27, σ. 337, πρβλ. Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 55 καὶ ἴδε τὴν λέξιν Κέκροψ: - Ἐρεχθονίδαι, = Ἐρεχθεῖδαι, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 411.
English (Autenrieth)
son of Dardanus, and father of Tros, Il. 20.219, 230.
English (Slater)
Ἐριχθόνιος king of Athens. Harpokration, s. v. Αὐτόχθονες· ὁ δὲ Πίνδαρος φησὶν Ἐριχθόνιον ἐκ γῆς φανῆναι fr. 253.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἐριχθόνιος: ὁ Эрихтоний
1) сын Дардана, отец Троя, царь Дардании Hom.;
2) сын Гефеста и Геи, обычно отождествлялся с Эрехтеем 1; Ἐ. γηγενής Eur.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of a heros and king of Athens, son of Ge, father of Pandion (A., E.); also name of a Trojan, son of Dardanos, father of Tros (Υ 219, 230).
Other forms: Cf. Ε᾽ρεχθευς (B 547 (sic!), η 80), which is also a surname of Poseidon (inscr.); on Attic vases ᾽Ερεχσες; also Ε᾽ριχθευς (Pape-Benseler 379); cf. Ε᾽ριχθώ a soothsayer in Thessaly. Note the soothsayer Εριχθώ in Thessalia (Luc. Phars., see also Ov. Her. 15, 139), which confirms (Pre-)Greek origin.
Derivatives: οἱ Ἐριχθονίδαι = Ἐρεχθεΐδαι (IG 3, 771; poet., Roman times).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Uncertain; the name will be very old, cf. the fact that he is called the son of the Earth; the name will be Pre-Greek. There is no explanation for the coexistence of the two names (after αὐτοχθονος?) cf. the name in -ων of Hermes; cf. Ερυσίχθων. Is the form with -χσ- an Atticism, or is it wider spread? Connection with ἐρέχθω is improbable.
