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ἐρύκω

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐρύκ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: akin to e)ru/w

Sense

to keep in, hold back, keep in check, curb, restrain, keep, from, to hinder from, to hinder
to detain, to detain, to withhold, confine
to ward off
to keep apart, separate
to be held back, detained, to hold back, keep back
to be kept away
guarded, open

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐρύκω	ἐρύκεις	ἐρύκει
Dual		ἐρύκετον	ἐρύκετον
Plural	ἐρύκομεν	ἐρύκετε	ἐρύκουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐρύκω	ἐρύκῃς	ἐρύκῃ
Dual		ἐρύκητον	ἐρύκητον
Plural	ἐρύκωμεν	ἐρύκητε	ἐρύκωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐρύκοιμι	ἐρύκοις	ἐρύκοι
Dual		ἐρύκοιτον	ἐρυκοίτην
Plural	ἐρύκοιμεν	ἐρύκοιτε	ἐρύκοιεν
Imperative	Singular		έ̓ρυκε	ἐρυκέτω
Dual		ἐρύκετον	ἐρυκέτων
Plural		ἐρύκετε	ἐρυκόντων, ἐρυκέτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐρύκειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐρυκων ἐρυκοντος	ἐρυκουσα ἐρυκουσης	ἐρυκον ἐρυκοντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐρύκομαι	ἐρύκει, ἐρύκῃ	ἐρύκεται
Dual		ἐρύκεσθον	ἐρύκεσθον
Plural	ἐρυκόμεθα	ἐρύκεσθε	ἐρύκονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐρύκωμαι	ἐρύκῃ	ἐρύκηται
Dual		ἐρύκησθον	ἐρύκησθον
Plural	ἐρυκώμεθα	ἐρύκησθε	ἐρύκωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐρυκοίμην	ἐρύκοιο	ἐρύκοιτο
Dual		ἐρύκοισθον	ἐρυκοίσθην
Plural	ἐρυκοίμεθα	ἐρύκοισθε	ἐρύκοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐρύκου	ἐρυκέσθω
Dual		ἐρύκεσθον	ἐρυκέσθων
Plural		ἐρύκεσθε	ἐρυκέσθων, ἐρυκέσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐρύκεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐρυκομενος ἐρυκομενου	ἐρυκομενη ἐρυκομενης	ἐρυκομενον ἐρυκομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐρυκόντων, ἐρυκέτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐρύκειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐρυκων ἐρυκοντος

ἐρυκουσα ἐρυκουσης

ἐρυκον ἐρυκοντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐρυκέσθων, ἐρυκέσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐρύκεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐρυκομενος ἐρυκομενου

ἐρυκομενη ἐρυκομενης

ἐρυκομενον ἐρυκομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ή̓ρυκον	ή̓ρυκες	ή̓ρυκεν*
Dual		ἠρύκετον	ἠρυκέτην
Plural	ἠρύκομεν	ἠρύκετε	ή̓ρυκον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠρυκόμην	ἠρύκου	ἠρύκετο
Dual		ἠρύκεσθον	ἠρυκέσθην
Plural	ἠρυκόμεθα	ἠρύκεσθε	ἠρύκοντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

ἀγρόμεναι δ’ ἑκάτερθεν ἐπὶ προθύροισιν ἐρύκειν Ἑρμιόνην στενάχουσαν ἐπειρήσαντο γυναῖκεσ· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1163)
ὦ Πέρση, σὺ δὲ ταῦτα τεῷ ἐνικάτθεο θυμῷ, μηδέ σ’ Ἔρισ κακόχαρτοσ ἀπ’ ἔργου θυμὸν ἐρύκοι νείκε’ ὀπιπεύοντ’ ἀγορῆσ ἐπακουὸν ἐόντα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 5:1)
οὐδὲ γὰρ Ιἀπετιονίδησ ἀκάκητα Προμηθεὺσ τοῖό γ’ ὑπεξήλυξε βαρὺν χόλον, ἀλλ’ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ καὶ πολύιδριν ἐόντα μέγασ κατὰ δεσμὸσ ἐρύκει. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 58:2)
οὔτοι τὸ δειλὸν οὐδὲ τοῦ βίου πόθοσ θανεῖν ἐρύκει μ’, ἀλλὰ παιδὶ βούλομαι σῷσαι τέκν’· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 5:1)
πόντοσ ἁλὸσ, ὃ πολεῖσ ἀέκοντασ ἐρύκει· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 12 1:1)
πρὶν δ’ οὔτι θεοὺσ λίσσεσθαι ἐρύκω. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:10)
ἀλλ’ ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ καὶ ἀτρεκέωσ κατάλεξον, ποσσῆμαρ μέμονασ κτερεϊζέμεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, ὄφρα τέωσ αὐτόσ τε μένω καὶ λαὸν ἐρύκω. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 59:6)

Synonyms

to keep in
- ἴσχω (to hold, check, curb)
- ἰσχάνω (to check, hinder, to keep back from)
- ἀνείργω (to keep back, restrain)
- ἰσχανάω (to hold back, check)
to ward off
- ἀλέκω (to ward off)
- ἀπαλέξω (to ward, off from)
- ἐπαρκέω (to ward off)
- χραισμέω (to ward off from one)
- ἐρύω (to keep off, ward off)
- ἐπαλέξω (to ward off, keep off)
- ἀρκέω (I ward off, keep off)
- ἀρήγω (to ward off, prevent, to ward off from)
- ἐξερύκω (to ward off, repel)
- ὄρομαι (to watch, keep watch and ward)
to keep apart
- διέχω (to keep apart or separate)
- ἀποσκηνόω (to keep apart from)
- ἀποκρίνω (to separate, set apart)
- ἀπέχω (to keep apart, part, part)
- διίστημι (to set apart, to place separately, separate)
- ἀπολαμβάνω (to take apart or aside, separately)
- διείργω (to keep asunder, separate)
to be held back
- κατερύκω (to hold back, detain)
- ἀνέχω (to hold back, to keep)
- παρακατέχω (to keep back, restrain, detain)
- κατίσχω (to hold back, to keep by one)
- κατακωλύω (to hinder from doing, to detain, keep back)
- ἀνοκωχεύω (to hold back, to keep, at anchor)
to be kept away
- ἐρχατάομαι (to be kept or shut up)
guarded
- ἀνοίγω (to open)
- διαίρω (to open)
- διανοίγω (to open)
- διοίγνυμι (to open)
- παραφυλάσσω (to be on one's guard)

Derived

ἀπερύκω (to keep off or away, to keep away from, to prevent)
διερύκω (to keep off, to hinder)
ἐξερύκω (to ward off, repel)
κατερύκω (to hold back, detain)

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

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ἐρύκω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to keep in

to ward off

to keep apart

to be held back

to be kept away

guarded

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ἐρύκω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to keep in

to ward off

to keep apart

to be held back

to be kept away

guarded

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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