ἔρχατος
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
ὁ, fence, enclosure, hedge, Hsch.; cf. ἕρκατος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1038] ὁ (εἴργω), Zaun, Gehege zum Einschließen, wie ἕρκος, Hesych. erkl. φραγμός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔρχᾰτος: ὁ, «φραγμὸς» Ἡσύχ., πρβλ. ἕρκος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: φραγμός H.
Other forms: Also ἕρκατος φραγμός, ἑρκάτη φυλακή.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: In itself the change κ/χ might point to a Pre-Greek word. One may have been influenced by ἔρκος (s.v.). There is also ἑρκάνη, ὁρκάνη. Latte corrects ἑρκάτη in ἑρκάνη, which is in any case too uncertain. Cf. also ὄρχατος orchard; perhaps adapted to ἐρχατόωντο (ξ 15), which belongs to εἴργω; s. v. - Acc. to Fraenkel KZ 72, 193ff. to Lith. sérgėti protect, guard.
Frisk Etymology German
ἔρχατος: {érkhatos}
Meaning: φραγμός H.
Derivative: Daneben ἕρκατος· φραγμός, ἑρκάτη· φυλακή.
Etymology: Kontaminationen aus ἕρκος Gehege und ὄρχατος Baumgarten, evtl. mit Angleichung an ἐρχατόωντο (ξ 15), das zu εἴργω gehört; s. d. m. Lit. — Nach Fraenkel KZ 72, 193ff. zu lit. sérgėti behüten, bewachen.
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