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ἕρκος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕρκος ἕρκεος

Structure: ἑρκο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw, ei(/rgw

Sense

  1. a fence, hedge, wall, the place enclosed, the court-yard, the ring or wall, the teeth
  2. any fence, a defence against
  3. a net, toils, snare

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἕρκος έ̔ρκει έ̔ρκη
Genitive έ̔ρκους έ̔ρκοιν ἑρκέων
Dative έ̔ρκει έ̔ρκοιν έ̔ρκεσιν*
Accusative ἕρκος έ̔ρκει έ̔ρκη
Vocative έ̔ρκος έ̔ρκει έ̔ρκη

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὦ πολλὰ λέξασ ἄρτι κἀνόητ’ ἔπη, οὐ μνημονεύεισ οὐκέτ’ οὐδέν, ἡνίκα ἑρκέων ποθ’ ὑμᾶσ οὗτοσ ἐγκεκλῃμένουσ, ἤδη τὸ μηδὲν ὄντασ, ἐν τροπῇ δορὸσ ἐρρύσατ’ ἐλθὼν μοῦνοσ, ἀμφὶ μὲν νεῶν ἄκροισιν ἤδη ναυτικοῖσ ἑδωλίοισ πυρὸσ φλέγοντοσ, εἰσ δὲ ναυτικὰ σκάφη πηδῶντοσ ἄρδην Ἕκτοροσ τάφρων ὕπερ; (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:6)
  • κτείνοντ’ ἐλάφουσ ἄνευ κυνῶν δολίων θ’ ἑρκέων· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 3 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. any fence

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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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