ἄρκυς
αὐτῇ τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχὴν θεωροῦντα ἐξαίφνης ἀποθανόντος ἑκάστου → beholding with very soul the very soul of each immediately upon his death
English (LSJ)
(ἅρκ- Et.Gen., cf. Paus.Gr.Fr.73), υος, ἡ: pl., nom. and acc., ἄρκυες, -υας, Att. acc. ἄρκυς (v. infr.):—
A net, hunter's net, A.Ag.1116, Ch.1000: more freq. in pl., ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν Id.Eu.147 (lyr.); ἀρκύων μολεῖν ἔσω E.Cyc.196; ἄρκυς ἱστάναι to set nets, X.Cyn.6.5; διωκόμενον τὸν λαγὼ εἰς τὰς ἄρκυς ib.10; πλεξάμενος ἄρκυς Ar.Lys. 790: metaph., ἄρκυες ξίφους the toils, i. e. perils, of the sword, E.Med. 1278. 2 woman's hair-net, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 354] υος, ἡ, nach Eust. Od. 1535, 38 ἅρκυς, das Netz, Jagdnetz, Her. 7, 85; Plat. Legg. VIII, 844 e; übertr., Fallstrick, Gefahr, ἄρκυες ξίφους, Gefahr, durchs Schwert zu sterben, Eur. Med. 1278; vgl. Herc. fur. 729.
