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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

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)
  • τὸν πέρι χάλκεον ἑρ́κοσ ἐλήλαται· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 68:5)
  • δἰ ὧν φάοσ τε αὐτοῖσιν ἐσέρχεται καὶ τὰ θηρία προσάγοντα καὶ ἐσελαύνοντα ἐσ τὸ ἑρ́κοσ σκέπτονται. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 13 4:1)
  • κατὰ ταύτην ἐσ τὸ ἑρ́κοσ ὠθέονται. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 13 7:3)
  • οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι αἰσθόμενοι τὴν ἔσοδον τῶν ἐλεφάντων τῶν ἀγρίων, οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν τὴν γέφυραν ὀξέωσ ἀπεῖλον, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τὰσ πέλασ κώμασ ἀποδραμόντεσ ἀγγέλλουσι τοὺσ ἐλέφαντασ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ἑρ́κεϊ ἔχονται οἳ δὲ ἀκούσαντεσ ἐπιβαίνουσι τῶν κρατίστων τε καὶ χειροηθεστάτων ἐλεφάντων, ἐπιβάντεσ δὲ ἐλαύνουσιν ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ ἑρ́κοσ, ἐλάσαντεσ δὲ οὐκ αὐτίκα μάχησ ἅπτονται, ἀλλὰ ἐῶσι γὰρ λιμῷ τε ταλαιπωρηθῆναι τοὺσ ἀγρίουσ ἐλέφαντασ καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ δίψεϊ δουλωθῆναι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 13 8:1)
  • εὖτ̓ ἂν δέ σφισι κακῶσ ἔχειν δοκέωσι, τηνικαῦτα ἐπιστήσαντεσ αὖθισ τὴν γέφυραν ἐλαύνουσί τε ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ ἑρ́κοσ, καὶ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα μάχη κατίσταται καρτερὴ τοῖσιν ἡμέροισι τῶν ἐλεφάντων πρὸσ τοὺσ ἑαλωκότασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 13 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. any fence

Related

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

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