εἱρκτή
From LSJ
Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)
English (LSJ)
or εἰρκ-, Ion. ἐρκτή, ἡ, (εἵργω)
A an inclosure, prison, Hdt.4.146,148, Th.1.131, PTeb.5.260 (ii B. C.), etc.; of the body as prison of the soul, J.BJ2.8.11 (pl.): pl., E.Ba.497, X.Cyr.3.1.19. II inner part of the house, women's apartments, Id.Mem.2.1.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 735] ἡ, nach B. A. p. 678, 23 attisch, εἰρκτή gewöhnliche Form bei Poll. 4, 125, das Gefängniß; Eur. Bacch. 497. 500 im plur.; ἐς τὴν εἱρκτὴν ἐςπίπτειν Thuc. 1, 131; Xen. Cyr. 3, 1, 19 u. A. Vgl. N. pr.
