ἔρχατος

ἔρχατος

fence: masc nom sg

ἔρχατος

fence: masc nom sg

ἔρχᾰτος, ὁ,

A fence, enclosure, hedge, Hsch.; cf. ἕρκατος.

ἔρχατος, ὁ, Zaun, Gehege zum Einschließen

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: φραγμός H.

Other forms: Also ἕρκατος φραγμός, ἑρκάτη φυλακή.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: In itself the change κ\/χ might point to a Pre-Greek word. One may have been influenced by ἔρκος (s.v.). There is also ἑρκάνη, ὁρκάνη. Latte corrects ἑρκάτη in ἑρκάνη, which is in any case too uncertain. Cf. also ὄρχατος `orchard'; perhaps adapted to ἐρχατόωντο (ξ 15), which belongs to εἴργω; s. v. - Acc. to Fraenkel KZ 72, 193ff. to Lith. sérgėti `protect, guard'.

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ἐραχάται, οἱ,

A binders of sheaves, and [full] ἔραχος, τό, sheaf ([dialect] Boeot.), Hsch. (Perh. cf. ἔρχατος.)

ἐρχανήεις, εσσα, εν,

A like a fence,

πυλών Hsch.

; cf. ἑρκάνη, ἔρχατος.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `fence, enclosure, court-yard; fence, net' (Il.).

Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in εὑ-ερκής `well fenced' (Il.); as 1. member in ἑρκο-θηρ-ικός `belonging to the hunt with a net' (Pl. Sph. 220c).

Derivatives: ἑρκίον `fence' (Il., cf. τειχίον: τεῖχος a. o.); ἕρκειος, ἑρκεῖος (after οἰκεῖος a. o.) `belonging to the ἕρκος, court-yard', esp. as surname of Zeus protecting the house, whose altar is in the court (χ 935); ἑρκίτης `a slave belonging to the place' (Amer. ap. Ath. 6, 267c, H.). - ἑρκάνη `fence' (late) from cross with ὁρκάνη `id.' (A., E.), which has o-vocalism like ὅρκος (s. v.); cf. Chantraine Formation 198. Further ἕρκατος φραγμός, ἑρκάτη φυλακή H., Ο῝ρκατος locality in Kalymna (inscr. II^a; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 147); on the suffix cf. ὄρχατος; s. also ἔρχατος.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [912]* serk- `twine'

Etymology: Seems a verbal noun (like τέλος, γένος etc.), but there is no agreeing form. Acc. to Meringer IF 17, 157f. as *`wicker-work' to Lat. sarciō, - īre `twine, restore', prop. *`sew together'; cf. sartum tectum `unviolated, complete', prop. *`twined and covered', sarcina f. `bundle'; to sarciō Hitt. šar-nin-k- (nasalinfix) `restore damage, correct'. - An orig. meaning `twine, wicker-work' is quite possible. Ernout-Meillet s. v. Pok. 912, W.-Hofmann s. sarciō. - On ἕρκος ὀδόντων s. Humbach, MSS. 21 (1967) 24ff. (lips, not teeth).

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `row of vines or fruit trees' (η 127, ω 341, Hes. Sc. 296, B., Ar., X., Thphr.);

Other forms: ὀρχός m. `border of the eyelid, ταρσός' (Poll. 2, 69); ὀρχάς περίβολος, αἱμασιά H., ὀρχάδος στέγης (S. Fr. 812); ὀρχηδόν (Hdt. 7, 144), after H., = ἡβηδόν, usu. explained as `in a row, general'.

Derivatives: Besides ὄρχατος m. `ordened plantation, garden' (η 112, ω 222, AP), pl. `rows of garden plants, fruit trees, vines' (Ξ 123, E. Fr. 896, 2, Moschio Trag. 6, 12), metaph. ὀδόντων, κιόνων ὄρχατος (AP, Ach. Tat.). With μ-suffix: ὀρχμαί φραγμοί, καλαμῶνες, φάραγγες, σπῆλυγξ H.; ὀρχμούς λοχμῶδες καὶ ὄρειον χωρίον οὑκ ἐπεργαζόμενον ( Lex.); in the same meaning ὀρχάμη (Poll. 7, 147).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: If the ἅπ. λεγ. ὀρχηδόν is rightly understood as `following the row', is for ὄρχος also the general meaning `row' to be accepted; from there, prob. as collective abstract, ὄρχατος prop. `order of rows (of plants)'. Then it seems hardly possible, to bring the above words together under a notion `fence, enclosure', which, thought obvious for ὄρχατος in the sense of `garden' and acceptable for the rare ὀρχός, ὀρχάς, hardly fits ὄρχος (pace Porzig Satzinhalte 310). Thus the connection with IE *u̯er-ǵh- `turn, wind together, fence in' in Lith. veržiù `fence in, string' (diff. s. εἴργω), Germ., e.g. OWNo. virgill `snare', NHG er-würgen a.o. (Brugmann IF 15, 84ff., WP. 1, 272f., Pok.1154 f.) is weakened; doubtful as well becomes the comparison with Lith. sérgmi `preserve, watch over' (Fraenkel KZ 72, 193 ff. with Prellwitz). Attractive Mann Lang. 26, 385: to Alb. varg `row, wreath, chain'. -- Commonly accepted is the connection with the town-name Όρχομενός (older Έρχ-, cf. Schwyzer 255; Illyr. Όργομεναί, Krahe ZNF 7, 25 n. 4 a. 11, 81). S. also εἴργω, ἔρχατος, ὄρχαμος. - As there is no IE etymon, it seems more probable that the word (note the meanings!; and th name of the town) is Pre-Greek.

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