A). ἐρῡκέμεν Il. 11.48 : fut. ἐρύξω Od. 7.315 , al. (not later): aor. 1 ἤρυξα A. Th. 1081 (anap.),(ἀπ-) X. An. 5.8.25 ; Ep. ἔρυξα Il. 3.113 , Od. 17.515 , etc.: Ep. aor. 2 ἠρύκᾰκον Il. 5.321 , 20.458 , ἐρύκᾰκον 11.352 , etc., inf. ἐρῡκᾰκέειν 5.262 , Od. 11.105 :— Med., Il. 12.285 :— 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 ; aor., E. HF 317 ; 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. HA 621a24 .

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 :— 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). 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.).