ἐρύκω

ἐρύκω [pron. full] [ῡ], Il.24.658, Hdt.4.125, S.Tr.121 (lyr.), etc., rare in Prose, X.An.3.1.25, Plb.Fr.45; [dialect] Ep.inf.

A

ἐρῡκέμεν Il.11.48

: [tense] fut.

ἐρύξω Od.7.315

, al. (not later): [tense] aor. 1

ἤρυξα A.Th.1081

(anap.), ([etym.] ἀπ-) X.An.5.8.25 ; [dialect] Ep.

ἔρυξα Il.3.113

, Od.17.515, etc.: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 2

ἠρύκᾰκον Il.5.321

, 20.458,

ἐρύκᾰκον 11.352

, etc., inf.

ἐρῡκᾰκέειν 5.262

, Od.11.105:—[voice] Med., Il.12.285:—[voice] Pass., v. infr. 11: cf. ἐρυκάνω, -ανάω : (perh. akin to ἐρύω b):—keep in, curb, restrain,

ἵππους Il.11.48

, etc.; λαὸν ἐρυκάκετε keep them back (from flight or fighting), 6.80, cf. 24.658 ; but λαὸν ἔρυκε kept them in their place, 23.258 ; αἰθὴρ ὄμβρον ἐρύκει forces it back, Emp. 100.18 ; θυμὸν ἐρυκακέειν to curb desire, Od.11.105 ; πολύστονον ἐρύκεν (inf.)

ὕβρτν B.16.41

; ἕτερος δέ με θυμὸς ἔρυκεν another mind checked me (opp. ἀνῆκεν), Od.9.302 ; ἐρυκέμεν εὐρύοπαΖῆν to restrain him, Il.8.206 ; γυίων πίστιν ἐ., i.e. to mistrust, Emp.4.13 ;

ἔρυκέ μιν ἔνδοθεν αἰδώς A.R.3.652

: c.gen., μηδέ μ' ἔρυκε μάχης keep me not from fight, Il.18.126 ;

ἀλλά τις θεῶν.. Ἅιδα σφε δόμων ἐρύκει S.Tr. 121

;

μηδέ σ' Ἔρις ἀπ' ἔργου θυμὸν ἐρύκοι Hes.Op.28

: c. inf. praes., hinder from doing, Pi.N. 4.33 ; [tense] aor., E.HF317 ; [tense] fut.,

ἄλλον ἀναστήσεσθαι ἐρύξω A.R.1.346

: c.acc. et inf.,

ἤρυξε πόλιν μὴ 'νατραπῆναι A.Th.1081

;

ἐ. τἆλλα ἰχθύδια μὴ διαρπάσωσι.. Arist.HA621a24

.

2 abs., hinder,

ἐρύκακε γὰρ τρυφάλεια Il.11.352

; ἐρυκέμεν to stay [their flight], 21.7.

3 hold in check, keep off the enemy,

εἴ κεν ἐρύξομεν ἀντιάσαντες Il.15.297

, cf. Od.22.138 ; so

τὰ δ' οὐ μένος ἁμὸν ἐρύξει Il.8.178

;

ἐ. τοὺς ἐπιόντας Hdt.4.125

, cf. 5.15, etc.

4 detain a guest,

ξείνισ' ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἐείκοσιν ἤματ' ἐρύξας Il.6.217

, cf. Od.17.408, al.; also, detain by force, confine,

[πόντος] πολέας ἀέκοντας ἐρύκει Il.21.59

, cf. Od.1.14, 7.315, etc.; ἔρυξον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γυναῖκας keep them close, 19.16 ; of the dead,

ἦ μιν ἐρύξει γῆ φυσίζοος ἥ τε κατὰ κρατερόν περ ἐρύκει Il.21.62

;

σφωε δόλος καὶ δεσμὸς ἐρύξει Od.8.317

;

ὅσσ' ἔτι Νεῖκος ἔρυκε Emp.35.9

:— [voice] Med., κῦμα δέ μιν (sc. χιόνα)..

ἐρύκεται Il.12.285

.

5 ward off, θεοῦ δ' ἠρύκακε δῶρα (sc. ἄκοντα) 21.594 ;

ἅ κέν τοι λιμὸν ἐρύκοι Od.5.166

;

κακόν, τό οἱ οὔ τις ἐρύκακεν Il.15.450

;

ἐ. ψευδέων ἐνιπάν Pi.O. 10(11).5

;

τὰ μὴ καλὰ νόσφιν ἐ. Theoc.7.127

;

ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ τὰ κακά X. An.3.1.25

;

τὸν πόλεμον ἀπὸ τῆς Μακεδονίας Plb.Fr.45

.

6 keep away,

ὀλίγος δ' ἔτι χῶρος ἐρύκει Il.10.161

.

II [voice] Pass., to be held back, detained,

δήθ' ἐνὶ νήσῳ ἐρύκεαι Od.4.373

, cf. 17.17.

2 abs., hold back, keep back, μή μοι ἐρύκεσθον, says the driver to his horses, Il. 23.443.

3 to be kept away, τοῦ Ἀσωποῦ (v.l. ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀ.) Hdt.9.49.

4 ἀνέδην ὅδε χῶρος ἐρύκεται this place is remissly guarded, i.e. is free or open to all, S.Ph.1153 (lyr., dub.l.).