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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">fence, enclosure, court-yard; fence, net</b> (Il.).<br />Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in <b class="b3">εὑ-ερκής</b> <b class="b2">well fenced</b> (Il.); as 1. member in <b class="b3">ἑρκο-θηρ-ικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the hunt with a net</b> (Pl. Sph. 220c).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑρκίον</b> [[fence]] (Il., cf. <b class="b3">τειχίον</b> : <b class="b3">τεῖχος</b> a. o.); <b class="b3">ἕρκειος</b>, <b class="b3">ἑρκεῖος</b> (after <b class="b3">οἰκεῖος</b> a. o.) <b class="b2">belonging to the ἕρκος, court-yard</b>, esp. as surname of Zeus protecting the house, whose altar is in the court (χ 935); <b class="b3">ἑρκίτης</b> <b class="b2">a slave belonging to the place</b> (Amer. ap. Ath. 6, 267c, H.). - <b class="b3">ἑρκάνη</b> [[fence]] (late) from cross with <b class="b3">ὁρκάνη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (A., E.), which has o-vocalism like [[ὅρκος]] (s. v.); cf. Chantraine Formation 198. Further <b class="b3">ἕρκατος φραγμός</b>, <b class="b3">ἑρκάτη φυλακή</b> H., <b class="b3">Ο῝ρκατος</b> locality in Kalymna (inscr. IIa; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 147); on the suffix cf. <b class="b3">ὄρχατος</b>; s. also [[ἔρχατος]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [912]<b class="b2">*serk-</b> [[twine]]<br />Etymology: Seems a verbal noun (like <b class="b3">τέλος</b>, <b class="b3">γένος</b> etc.), but there is no agreeing form. Acc. to Meringer IF 17, 157f. as *wicker-work to Lat. [[sarciō]], <b class="b2">-īre</b> [[twine]], [[restore]], prop. *sew together; cf. <b class="b2">sartum tectum</b> [[unviolated]], [[complete]], prop. *twined and covered, [[sarcina]] f. [[bundle]]; to [[sarciō]] Hitt. <b class="b2">šar-nin-k-</b> (nasalinfix) <b class="b2">restore damage, correct</b>. - An orig. meaning <b class="b2">twine, wicker-work</b> is quite possible. Ernout-Meillet s. v. Pok. 912, W.-Hofmann s. [[sarciō]]. - On <b class="b3">ἕρκος ὀδόντων</b> s. Humbach, MSS. 21 (1967) 24ff. (lips, not teeth). | |etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">fence, enclosure, court-yard; fence, net</b> (Il.).<br />Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in <b class="b3">εὑ-ερκής</b> <b class="b2">well fenced</b> (Il.); as 1. member in <b class="b3">ἑρκο-θηρ-ικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the hunt with a net</b> (Pl. Sph. 220c).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑρκίον</b> [[fence]] (Il., cf. <b class="b3">τειχίον</b> : <b class="b3">τεῖχος</b> a. o.); <b class="b3">ἕρκειος</b>, <b class="b3">ἑρκεῖος</b> (after <b class="b3">οἰκεῖος</b> a. o.) <b class="b2">belonging to the ἕρκος, court-yard</b>, esp. as surname of Zeus protecting the house, whose altar is in the court (χ 935); <b class="b3">ἑρκίτης</b> <b class="b2">a slave belonging to the place</b> (Amer. ap. Ath. 6, 267c, H.). - <b class="b3">ἑρκάνη</b> [[fence]] (late) from cross with <b class="b3">ὁρκάνη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (A., E.), which has o-vocalism like [[ὅρκος]] (s. v.); cf. Chantraine Formation 198. Further <b class="b3">ἕρκατος φραγμός</b>, <b class="b3">ἑρκάτη φυλακή</b> H., <b class="b3">Ο῝ρκατος</b> locality in Kalymna (inscr. IIa; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 147); on the suffix cf. <b class="b3">ὄρχατος</b>; s. also [[ἔρχατος]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [912]<b class="b2">*serk-</b> [[twine]]<br />Etymology: Seems a verbal noun (like <b class="b3">τέλος</b>, <b class="b3">γένος</b> etc.), but there is no agreeing form. Acc. to Meringer IF 17, 157f. as *wicker-work to Lat. [[sarciō]], <b class="b2">-īre</b> [[twine]], [[restore]], prop. *sew together; cf. <b class="b2">sartum tectum</b> [[unviolated]], [[complete]], prop. *twined and covered, [[sarcina]] f. [[bundle]]; to [[sarciō]] Hitt. <b class="b2">šar-nin-k-</b> (nasalinfix) <b class="b2">restore damage, correct</b>. - An orig. meaning <b class="b2">twine, wicker-work</b> is quite possible. Ernout-Meillet s. v. Pok. 912, W.-Hofmann s. [[sarciō]]. - On <b class="b3">ἕρκος ὀδόντων</b> s. Humbach, MSS. 21 (1967) 24ff. (lips, not teeth). | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἕρκος]], εος, [[ἔργω]], [[εἵργω]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[fence]], [[hedge]], [[wall]], Hom.; esp. [[round]] the [[court]]-yards of houses, Od.:— also the [[place]] enclosed, the [[court]]-[[yard]], Hom.; Κίσσινον [[ἕρκος]], i. e. [[Susa]], Aesch.; γαίας [[ἕρκος]] a [[fenced]] [[city]], Eur.; [[ἕρκος]] [[ἱρόν]], i. e. the [[altar]], Soph.; [[ἕρκος]] ὀδόντων the [[ring]] or [[wall]] [[which]] the teeth make [[round]] the [[gums]], i. e. the teeth, Hom.; σφραγῖδος [[ἕρκος]], i. e. a [[seal]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. any [[fence]], [[ἕρκος]] ἀκόντων a [[defence]] [[against]] javelins, Il.; [[ἕρκος]] βελέων Il.:—of persons, [[ἕρκος]] Ἀχαιῶν, of [[Ajax]], [[ἕρκος]] Ἀχαιοῖσιν πολέμοιο, of [[Achilles]], Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a net, [[toils]], [[snare]] for birds, Od.; [[mostly]] in pl., Ar.:—metaph., τῆς Δίκης ἐν ἕρκεσιν Aesch. | |||
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