ἑρκτ-

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `fence in, shut out' (on the meaning Brunel Aspect verbal 27f., 122).

Other forms: ( εἵργω), εἴργνυμι, ep. ἐέργω, ἐέργνυμι, ep. ion. ἔργω, ἔργνυμι, aor. 1. εἶρξαι ( εἷρ-, ἔρ-, ἕρ-), aor. 2. κατ-ΕϜοργον (Cypr.), pass. εἰρχθῆναι ( εἱρ- etc.), fut. εἴρξω ( εἵρξω, Heracl. ἀφ-, ἐφ-έρξοντι, συν-hέρξοντι), perf. med. εἶργμαι, ἔεργμαι ( ἔργμαι), ep. 3. plur. ἔρχαται, - ατο with the lengthening ἐρχατόωντο ξ 15 (s. Leumann Hom. Wörter179ff.), lengthened pret. εἰργαθεῖν (- άθειν?; Schwyzer 703 m. n. 6)

Compounds: Often with prefix: ἀπ(ο)-, ἀφ-, δι-, εἰσ-, ἐφ-, ἐξ-, κατ- ( καθ-), συν- a. o.

Derivatives: εἱρκτή ( ἐρ-), often plur. `inclosure, prison, women's appartments' (Ion.-Att.); εἱργμός `prison' (Pl.); ( σύν-, κάθ-, ἔξ-)εἷρξις `shutting in etc.' (Pl.) with - ειρκτικός; ἄφ-ερκτος `shut out' (A. Ch. 446 [lyr.]).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1154] *h₁u̯erg- `shut in, press'

Etymology: Except the zero grade thematic aorist Cypr. κατ-ÉϜοργον (- έ- or - ή-, Schwyzer 653 β) all forms, including the nouns, go back on full grade ἐ-(Ϝ)έργω, εἴργω; the aspiration in εἷρξαι, ἕρξω, εἵργω etc. acc. to Sommer Lautstud. 127f. arose before voiceless ρ in ἑρκτ-, ἑρξ- (?). Details in Solmsen Unt. 221ff. - Nothing comparable in the other languages. Cognates perh. in opt. Av. vǝrǝz-yąn `they should shut out' and in Lith. veržiù, ver̃žti `narrow in, string, press' (Fraenkel KZ 72, 193ff.). Semantically unclear some Indo-Iranian nouns: Skt. vr̥jána- n. `fencing in' = Av. vǝrǝzǝ̄na-, varǝzāna- `community', OP. vardana- `town' (from where as a loan Skt. vardhana- `id.', Wackernagel-Debrunner KZ 67, 168; wrong Hall Lang. 12, 297ff.), Skt. vrajá- m. `fence'; unclear also an Irish word for `wall etc.', OIr. fraig, NIr. fraigh `wall of wickerwork, roof, fence'.

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