Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑρκεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑρκεῖος ἑρκεῖον

Structure: ἑρκει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or in the, front court, household, because his statue stood in the
  2. of the court, the court

Examples

  • κἀκεῖνά τ’ εἶδον δορὶ πεσόνθ’ Ἑλληνικῷ τρίχασ τ’ ἐτμήθην τάσδε πρὸσ τύμβοισ νεκρῶν, καὶ τὸν φυτουργὸν Πρίαμον οὐκ ἄλλων πάρα κλύουσ’ ἔκλαυσα, τοῖσδε δ’ εἶδον ὄμμασιν αὐτὴ κατασφαγέντ’ ἐφ’ ἑρκείῳ πυρᾷ, πόλιν θ’ ἁλοῦσαν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic15)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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