Ἑρκίτης

fence-man, enclosure-man

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Dec 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] a guard.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑρκίτης· ὁ φύλαξ.

Betacode

*(erki/ths: o( fu/lac.

Rare noun, with the same glossing (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Athenaeus, Deipnosphists 6.267C [6.93 Kaibel] cites the Macedonian grammarian Amerias for a different and fuller one: "herkitai is the name for slaves [sc. working] in the fields". In any event, from e(/rkos "enclosure, fence" (epsilon 3017).