ἕρκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fence]], [[enclosure]] (πᾶν ὅσον ἂν ἕνεκα κωλύσεως εἴργῃ τι περιέχον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>220b</span>) round gardens and vineyards, <span class="bibl">Od.7.113</span>, <span class="bibl">Il. 5.90</span>, <span class="bibl">18.564</span>; esp. round the court-yards of houses, <span class="bibl">Od.21.238</span> (pl.), al.; ὑπὲρ ἕρκος [[ὑπερθορεῖν]] <span class="bibl">Sol.4.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.134</span> : pl., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1274</span>; also, the place [[enclose]]d, [[courtyard]], στὰς μέσῳ ἕρκεϊ <span class="bibl">Il.16.231</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.57</span> (pl.), etc.; <b class="b3">Κίσσιον ἕρκος</b>, i.e. [[Susa]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>17</span>(anap.); <b class="b3">ποῖον γαίας ἕρκος;</b> [[what]] [[city]]? <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>441</span>; <b class="b3">ἕρκος ἱερόν</b> = [[sacred]] [[enclosure]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>607</span>; [[shell]] of the [[pinna]], Plu.2.980b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[wall for defence]], ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ <span class="bibl">Il.15.567</span>; ἕρκος..ἐκ ναυηγίων περιεβάλοντο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.191</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.99</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> periphr., <b class="b3">ἕρκος ὀδόντων</b> the [[fence]] (consisting) of the [[teeth]], mostly in phrase, ποῖόν σε ἔπος φύγεν ἕρκος ὀδόντων; <span class="bibl">Il.4.350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sol.27.1</span>; ἀμείψεται ἕρκος ὀδόντων <span class="bibl">Il.9.409</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.328</span>; <b class="b3">κάρχαρον ἕρκος</b>, without ὀδόντων, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.506</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγγέων ἕρκεσι</b>, = [[ἄγγεσι]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.36</span>; <b class="b3">μέλαν ἕρκος ἅλμας</b>, i.e. the [[sea]], Id.<span class="title">Dith. Oxy.</span>1.16, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>2.80</span> (= [[ἐπιφάνεια]], Sch.); <b class="b3">σφραγῖδος ἕρκος</b>, i.e. a [[seal]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>615</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[defence]], <b class="b3">ἕρκος ἀκόντων</b>, of a [[shield]], a [[defence]] [[against]] [[javelin]]s, <span class="bibl">Il.15.646</span>; ἕρκος βελέων <span class="bibl">5.316</span>; <b class="b3">ἕρκος ἰωχμοῖο</b>, of the [[lion]]'s [[skin]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.279</span>; ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν [[κῦμα]] θαλάσσας <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>89</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of persons, <b class="b3">ἕρκος Ἀχαιῶν</b>, of [[Ajax]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.229</span>; of [[Achilles]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Pae.</span>6.85</span>; of soldiers, <b class="b3">ἕρκος πολέμοιο</b> = a [[defence against]] [[war]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.299</span>; of [[Achilles]], ἕρκος Ἀχαιοῖσιν..πολέμοιο <span class="bibl">1.284</span>; of Clytaemnestra, γαίας μονόφρουρον ἕρκος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>257</span>(lyr.): abs., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.113</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> a [[net]], [[toil]]s, for [[bird]]s, <span class="bibl">Od.22.469</span> : mostly in plural, σπίζ' ὅπως ἐν ἕρκεσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>431</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>528</span>(anap.), <span class="bibl">Pherecr.209</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>617b24</span>; for deer, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.51</span>; [[coil]]s of a [[lasso]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.85</span>: metaph., τῆς Δίκης ἐν ἕρκεσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1611</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>60</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>986</span>(lyr.); λέκτρων ἔχεσθαι φιλτάτοις ἐν ἕρκεσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>958</span>, cf. <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>158; <b class="b3">χρυσοδέτοις ἕρκεσιν..γυναικῶν</b>, of [[Eriphyle]]'s [[necklace]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>838</span>(lyr.).</span>