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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

  • εἰ δ’ οὖν ἀμείψω βαλὸν ἑρκείων πυλῶν κἀκεῖνον ἐν θρόνοισιν εὑρήσω πατρόσ, ἢ καὶ μολὼν ἔπειτά μοι κατὰ στόμα ἀρεῖ, σάφ’ ἴσθι, καὶ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺσ βαλεῖ, πρὶν αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν "ποδαπὸσ ὁ ξένοσ; (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 4:1)

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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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