εἱρκτή

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Transliteration A: heirktḗ Transliteration B: heirktē Transliteration C: eirkti Beta Code: ei(rkth/

English (LSJ)

or εἰρκτή, Ion. ἐρκτή, ἡ, (εἵργω)
A an inclosure, prison, jail 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.

Spanish (DGE)

-ῆς, ἡ
• Alolema(s): εἰρκτή X.Cyr.3.1.19 (cód.); jón. ἐρκτή Hdt.4.146, 148
• Morfología: [plu. dat. εἱρκταῖσι E.Ba.497]
1 prisión, cárcel συλλαβόντες δὲ σφέας κατέλαβον ἐς ἐρκτήν Hdt.4.146, ἐς μὲν τὴν εἱρκτὴν ἐσπίπτει ... ὑπὸ τῶν ἐφόρων Th.1.131, εἱρκταῖσί τ' ἔνδον σῶμα σὸν φυλάξομεν E.l.c., cf. Trag.Adesp.126a, X.Cyr.3.1.19, Luc.Asin.41, Ach.Tat.8.14.6, Aristid.Or.50.108, Pall.V.Chrys.9.209, PBremen 26.4 (II d.C.), PMasp.2.2.4 (VI d.C.), ἐκδράντες ἐκ τῆς ἐρκτῆς Hdt.4.148, cf. Longin.44.10, κατὰ τὴν εἱρκτὴν ὄντες BGU 1847.18 (I a.C.), cf. X.Eph.2.7.1, IMylasa 605.33 (III d.C.), ὅσσοι ... συνέχονται ἐν εἰρκτῇ Isidorus 1.29, cf. I.AI 10.154, D.H.1.81, ἄχρις Ἄνδρου, τῆς ἐμῆς εἱρκτῆς Ph.2.542
fig., del cuerpo como prisión del alma, Pl.Ax.370d, I.BI 2.154, ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ τοῦ σώματος εἱρκτῇ λογισμός Ph.1.482, φρουρούμενον ἐν τῷ βίῳ καθάπερ εἱρκτῇ Plu.2.554d, de los infiernos Orac.Sib.8.226.
2 plu. departamentos o alcobas destinadas a las mujeres οἱ μοιχοὶ εἰσέρχονται εἰς τὰς εἱρκτάς X.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.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆς (ἡ) :
1 prison;
2 partie retirée et secrète d'une maison.
Étymologie: εἵργω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

εἱρκτή: ион. ἑρκτή
1 темница, тюрьма Her., Thuc., Xen., Plut., pl. Eur.;
2 внутренняя часть дома, женская половина Xen.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εἱρκτή: Ἰων. ἑρκτή, ἡ, (εἵργω) μέρος περικεκλεισμένον, δεσμωτήριον, φυλακή, Ἡρόδ. 4. 146. 148, Θουκ. 1. 131, Ξεν. Κύρ. 3. 1, 19, κτλ.· ― κατὰ πληθ., Εὐρ. Βάκχ. 497· ― ὡσαύτως, τὸ ἐσωτερικὸν μέρος τῆς οἰκίας, τὸ διὰ τὰς γυναῖκας προωρισμένον, γυναικωνῖτις, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 2. 1, 5.

Greek Monolingual

η (Α εἱρκτή και εἰρκτή και ἑρκτή)
φυλακή, δεσμωτήριο
νεοελλ.
πρόσκαιρη κάθειρξη
αρχ.
γυναικωνίτης.

Greek Monotonic

εἱρκτή: Ιων. ἑρκτή, ἡ (εἵργω), εσώκλειστο μέρος, φυλακή, σε Ηρόδ.· επίσης, το εσωτερικό μέρος ενός σπιτιού, τα γυναικεία «διαμερίσματα», σε Ξεν.

Middle Liddell

εἵργω
an inclosure, prison, Hdt.:—also the inner part of the house, the women's apartments, Xen.

English (Woodhouse)

prison, enclosed place, place of custody

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Translations

prison

Abkhaz: абахҭа; Adzera: karabus; Afrikaans: tronk, gevangenis; Albanian: burg; Amharic: ከርቼሌ, ዘብጥያ; Arabic: سِجْن‎; Egyptian Arabic: سجن‎; Hijazi Arabic: سِجِن‎; Moroccan Arabic: حبْس‎; Aramaic: ܚܒܘܫܝܐ‎; Armenian: բանտ; Aromanian: ncljisoari, hapsi, hãpsani, filichii, zundani, pudrumi; Asturian: cárcel, prisión; Avar: турма; Azerbaijani: həbsxana, zindan, dustaqxana, qazamat, türmə, həbs; Bashkir: төрмә; Basque: espetxe; Belarusian: турма, цямні́ца, астрог; Bengali: কারাগার; Bulgarian: затвор, дранголник, тъмница, тюрма, зандан; Burmese: အကျဉ်းထောင်, ထောင်; Catalan: presó, càrcer, presidi; Cebuano: bilanggoan, prisohan; Chechen: набахти; Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗ; Chinese Cantonese: 監獄, 监狱, 牢獄, 牢狱, 監牢, 监牢; Dungan: йүҗян, банфонзы; Hakka: 監獄, 监狱, 監牢, 监牢, 囹仔; Mandarin: 監獄, 监狱, 牢獄, 牢狱, 監牢, 监牢, 班房; Min Nan: 監牢, 监牢, 監獄, 监狱, 櫳仔, 栊仔, 櫳仔內, 栊仔内; Wu: 監獄, 监狱; Coptic: ϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ, ⲕⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ; Cornish: prison; Corsican: prigione, prigiò, prighjò, carcere, carcera; Czech: vězení, žalář, věznice; Danish: fængsel; Dutch: gevangenis, kerker; English: big house, calaboose, can, chokey, choky, clink, correctional facility, correctional institution, hock, house of detention, joint, jug, nick, pen, penitentiary, porridge, prison, queer ken, slammer, stir; English: big house, calaboose, can, chokey, choky, clink, correctional facility, correctional institution, hock, house of detention, joint, jug, nick, pen, penitentiary, porridge, prison, queer ken, slam, slammer, stir; Esperanto: malliberejo, prizono; Estonian: vangla; Farefare: yʋ'a deem; Faroese: fongsul, fangahús, gegl; Finnish: vankila, tyrmä; French: prison, cabane, geôle, pénitencier; Old French: prison; Galician: prisión, cárcere, cadea, trenla; Georgian: ციხე, საპატიმრო; German: Gefängnis, Knast, Kerker, Zuchthaus; Greek: γκιζντάνι, δεσμωτήριο, μπουζού, στενή, φρέσκο, φυλάκα, φυλακή, ψειρού; Ancient Greek: ἀναγκαῖον, ἀνώγαιον, ἀπόκλεισμα, ἀποκλεισμός, γόργυρα, δεκανικός, δεσμευτήριον, δεσμός, δεσμοφυλάκειον, δεσμοφυλάκιον, δεσμωτήριον, δικαιωτήριον, δραπεταγώγιον, ἐγκλειστήριον, ἐγκλείστρα, εἶργμα, εἰργμός, εἱργμός, εἰρκτή, εἱρκτή, ἑρκτή, κάρκαρον, κάρκαρος, οἴκημα, ὁρκάνα, ὁρκάνη, ὀχύρωμα, συγκλειστήριον, σωματοτροφεῖον, τήρησις, τηρητήριον, φρουρά, φρούριον, φυλακή; Greenlandic: parnaarussivik; Gujarati: તુરંગ; Hebrew: כֶּלֶא‎, בֵּית כֶּלֶא‎, בֵּית סֹהַר‎, בֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים‎; Hiligaynon: bilanggoan; Hindi: कारागार, बन्दीघर, जेल, क़ैदख़ाना; Hungarian: börtön; Icelandic: fangelsi; Ido: karcero; Ilocano: pagbaludan; Indonesian: penjara; Irish: príosún, carcair; Italian: prigione, carcere, fresco; Japanese: 監獄, 刑務所, 牢屋, 牢; Jarai: sang krư̆, sang mơnă; Kannada: ಜೈಲು; Kazakh: түрме, абақты; Khmer: គុក, ពន្ធនាគារ; Korean: 교도소(矯導所), 교화소(敎化所), 감옥(監獄), 형무소(刑務所); Kurdish Central Kurdish: بەندیخانە‎, گرتوخانە‎, زندان‎; Northern Kurdish: girtîgeh, zindan; Kyrgyz: түрмө, абак; Lao: ຄຸກ, ເຮືອນຈຳກາງ, ພັນທະນາຄານ, ຕະລາງ, ໂຮງຣາຊທັນ; Latin: carcer; Latvian: cietums; Lithuanian: kalėjimas; Livonian: vizākuodā; Luxembourgish: Prisong; Macedonian: затвор, зандана; Malay: penjara; Malayalam: കാരാഗൃഹം, ജയില്, തുറുങ്ക്; Maltese: ħabs; Manx: pryssoon; Maori: whare herehere; Marathi: तुरुंग; Mongolian Cyrillic: шорон, гяндан, хар гэр; Moore: bãens-roogo, bi-bees roogo; Navajo: awáalya; Nepali: थाना; Northern Sami: fáŋgal, ladni; Norwegian Bokmål: fengsel; Nynorsk: fengsel; Occitan: preson; Ojibwe: gibaakwa'odiiwigamig; Okinawan: 監獄, 牢屋, 牢; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: тьмьница, острогъ; Old East Slavic: тюрма, тьмьница, острогъ; Old English: cweartern, carcern; Oromo: mana hidhaa; Ossetian: ахӕстон; Pashto: زندان‎, اړتون‎, بنديخانه‎, جېل‎, جېلخانه‎, قيدخانه‎, محبس‎; Persian: زندان‎; Plautdietsch: Kjarkja, Jefenkjniss; Polish: więzienie, pierdel; Portuguese: prisão, cadeia, xadrez, cárcere; Punjabi: ਜੇਲ੍ਹ, ਬੰਦੀਖਾਨਾ, ਬੰਦੀਖ਼ਾਨਾ, ਕੈਦਖਾਨਾ, ਕੈਦਖ਼ਾਨਾ; Quechua: laqha wasi; Romanian: închisoare, pușcărie, temniță; Romansch: praschun; Russian: тюрьма, темница, острог, кутузка, каталажка, тюряга, зона, каземат; Sanskrit: कारागृह, कारागार; Scots: preeson; Scottish Gaelic: prìosan; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: затвор, та̀мница; Roman: zátvor, tàmnica; Sinhalese: සිරගෙදර; Slovak: väznica, väzenie, žalár; Slovene: zapor, ječa; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: popajźeństwo; Upper Sorbian: jastwo; Southern Altai: тӱрме; Spanish: cárcel, prisión, penitenciaría, chirona, trullo, talego; Svan: დჷლიგ; Swahili: jela, gereza; Swedish: fängelse; Tagalog: bilangguan, piitan; Tajik: зиндон; Tamil: சிறை, சிறைச்சாலை; Tatar: төрмә; Telugu: జైలు, కారాగారం; Thai: คุก, กรงขัง, เรือนจำ, พันธนาคาร, ทัณฑสถาน; Tibetan: བཙོན་ཁང; Tigrinya: ቤት ማእሰርቲ; Tocharian B: prautke; Tok Pisin: kalabus; Turkish: hapis, hapishane, cezaevi; Turkmen: türme; Tuvan: кара-бажың; Ukrainian: в'язниця, тюрма, темниця, острог; Urdu: کاراگار‎, بندیگھر‎, جیل‎, قیدخانہ‎; Uyghur: تۈرمە‎, قاماقخانا‎; Uzbek: turma, qamoqxona; Vietnamese: tù, nhà tù; Volapük: fanäböp; Walloon: prijhon; Welsh: carchar; West Frisian: finzenis; Yiddish: טורמע‎, תּפֿיסה‎; Yonaguni: 牢屋; Zhuang: banfuengz, gam, lauz, fuengz