ἐρύκω
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Ἕρκος. κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ υ ἔρυκος, καὶ ἔρκος [ἕλκος Sturz]
Translation (En)
Herkos "fence". By dropping of the /u/, *erukos "hindering" and herkos
Parallels
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, epsilon 33 (ἑρκίον: ἐκ τοῦ ἕρκος, τὸ περίφραγμα, ὅπερ παρὰ τὸ ἐρύκω, τὸ κατέχω καὶ κωλύω, ἔρυκος καὶ ἕρκος); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 526 (idem); ibid., p. 526 (Ἔρκος· ... Διονύσιος <fr. om. Schmidt> ψιλῶς ἀναγινώσκει· ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ ἐρύκειν λέγεται); ibid., p. 527 (Ἕρκος· παρὰ τὸ ἐρύκω ἔρυκος καὶ ἕρκος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 375 (Ἕρκος: Τεῖχος, ἀσφάλεια. Παρὰ τὸ ἐρύκω, τὸ κατέχω καὶ κωλύω καὶ ἀσφαλίζομαι, γίνεται ἔρυκος· καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν, ἕρκος); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 783 (Ἕρκος· τεῖχος, ἀσφάλεια· παρὰ τὸ ἐρύκω ἔρυκος καὶ ἕρκος· ἐκ τούτου καὶ ἑρκίον καὶ ἕρκιος Ζεὺς ᾧ βωμοὶ ἐντὸς ἕρκους καὶ ἑρκίου Διὸς καλοῦσιν. Ἕρκος γὰρ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν οἶκον ἔλεγον, τὸν οὖν φύλακα τοῦ οἴκου ἱδρυσάμενοι· ἕρκιον Δία καλοῦσιν)
Comment
Derivational etymology. The etymon ἐρύκω is missing in Orion's main manuscript. The complete chain is ἐρύκω → *ἔρυκος → ἕρκος. The fence is what encloses and protects. The consonantal structure of the etymon is kept in the lemma, and the only formal change is the loss of /u/. The etymology is reversible (see ἐρύκω / ἕρκος)