ἕρκος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἐρύκω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
erukō
English translation (word)
to hinder, to detain
Transliteration (Etymon)
herkos
English translation (etymon)
fence, enclosure, wall for defence
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, epsilon 111
Ed.
A.R. Dyck, Epimerismi Homerici: Pars altera. Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 5.2] Berlin - New York: De Gruyter, 1995
Quotation
ἔρυξαν (Γ 113): ἔστιν ἐρύκω, τὸ κωλύω, καὶ γίνεται παρὰ τὸ ἕρκος ἑρκύω καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ ἐρύκω
Translation (En)
eruxan : there is a verb erukō "to hinder", and it comes from herkos "fence", *herkuō, and by metathesis erukō
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 531 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 378 ( Ἔρυξαν: Κατέσχον, ἐκώλυσαν. Ἐρύκω, ἐρύξω, ἔρυξα· παρὰ τὸ ἕρκος ἑρκύω· καὶ καθ’ ὑπέρθεσιν, ἐρύκω)
Modern etymology
Belongs with (ϝ)ἐρύω "to hold back", from PIE *weru- "to defend"
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, starting from the noun. "To hinder" is to oppose a fence or a wall. The etymology requires a metathesis. It is a reversible etymology: usually, ἕρκος is derived from ἐρύκω (see ἕρκος / ἐρύκω)