κῆρυξ
κῆρυξ,
ῡκος,
ὁ, Aeol.
κᾶρυξ [ᾱ] Sapph. Supp. 20a .
2 ,
Pi. N. 8.1 :—but
κήρῡκος,
ου,
ὁ,
EM 775.26 :(
κηρύσσω):—
A). herald, pursuivant: generally,
public messenger, envoy,
κ. λιγύφθογγοι Il. 2.50 , al.;
κηρύκων, οἳ δημιοεργοὶ ἔασιν Od. 19.135 ;
κ. Διῒφίλοι Il. 8.517 ;
κ., Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν 1.334 ;
θεῶν κ., of Hermes,
Hes. Op. 80 , cf.
Th. 939 ,
A. Ag. 515 ,
Ch. 124 : distd. from
πρέσβεις, as being
messengers between nations at war, Sch.
Th. 1.29 , cf.
A. Supp. 727 ,
Pl. Lg. 941a ,
D. 12.4 : used interchangeably with
ἀπόστολος,
Hdt. 1.21 : as pr.n.of a family at Athens,
Th. 8.53 ,
And. 1.116 ,
Paus. 1.38.3 ,
Poll. 8.103 ; functioning as
μάγειροι at festivals, Clidem.
3 ,
17 ;
Κηρυκίδαι Phot. 3). auctioneer,
ὑπὸ κήρυκος πωλεῖν Thphr. Fr. 97 ;
ἀπέδοτο πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὑπὸ κήρυκα IPE 12.32B35 (Olbia, iii B.C.), cf.
PHib. 1.29.21 (iii B.C.);
ἀποδίδοσθαι ὑπὸ κήρυκι Ammon. Diff. p.81 V.( v.l.
ὑπὸ κήρυκα Ptol.Asc.
p.399 H.).
4). generally,
messenger, herald,
θεοὶ κήρυκες ἀγγέλλουσι S. OC 1511 , cf.
E. El. 347 ; of the cock,
Ar. Ec. 30 ; of writing,
Id. Th. 780 (anap.);
κ. καὶ τάφος εἰμὶ βροτοῦ IG 14.1618 ; of Homer,
ἡρώων κάρυκ’ ἀρετᾶς ib.
1188 : metaph.,
κ. καὶ ἀπόστολος 1 Ep.Ti. 2.7 , al.
II). trumpet-shell, e.g.
Triton nodiferum, and smaller species,
Arist. HA 528a10 , al.,
Hp. Vict. 2.48 ,
Diocl.Fr. 133 ,
Macho ap.
Ath. 8.349c ,
Gal. 4.670 ,
Alciphr. 1.7 ,
Alex. Trall.
3.7 .[
ῡ exc. acc. pl.
κήρῠκας Antim. 19 (s.v.l.), cf.
κηρῠκιον AP 11.124 (
Nicarch.): but accented
κῆρυξ, Hdn.Gr.
1.44 , etc.] (Cf. Skt.
kārús 'poet',
kīrtis 'fame'.)
ShortDef
a herald, pursuivant, marshal, public messenger
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κῆρυξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κηρυξ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-57259
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κῆρυξ</span>, <span class="itype greek">ῡκος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, Aeol. <span class="orth greek">κᾶρυξ</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾱ]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:20a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:20a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 20a </a>.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 8.1 </a>:—but <span class="orth greek">κήρῡκος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ου</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:775:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:775.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 775.26 </a>:(<span class="etym greek">κηρύσσω</span>):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">herald, pursuivant</span>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">public messenger, envoy</span>, <span class="quote greek">κ. λιγύφθογγοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.50 </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">κηρύκων, οἳ δημιοεργοὶ ἔασιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.135 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. Διῒφίλοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:517" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.517/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.517 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ., Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.334/canonical-url/"> 1.334 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">θεῶν κ.</span>, of Hermes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 80 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:939" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:939/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 939 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:515" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:515/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 515 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 124 </a>: distd. from <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεις</span>, as being <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">messengers between nations at war</span>, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.29 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:727" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:727/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 727 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:941a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:941a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 941a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 12.4 </a>: used interchangeably with <span class="foreign greek">ἀπόστολος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.21 </a>: as pr.n.of a family at Athens, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.53 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.116 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:38:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:38:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.38.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:8:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:8.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 8.103 </a>; functioning as <span class="foreign greek">μάγειροι</span> at festivals, Clidem.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:17/canonical-url/"> 17 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κηρυκίδαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> as fem., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 8.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 4.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crier</span>, who made proclamation and kept order in assemblies, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 42 </a> sq.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ κ. ἀνεῖπεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.36 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τῶν μυστῶν κ.</span>, at Eleusis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:4:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:4:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 2.4.20 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 845 </span> (Eleusis, iii A.D.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:2:33:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:2:33:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VS</span> 2.33.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">auctioneer</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ κήρυκος πωλεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 97 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπέδοτο πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὑπὸ κήρυκα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IPE</span> 12.32B35 </span> (Olbia, iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHib.</span> 1.29.21 </span> (iii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">ἀποδίδοσθαι ὑπὸ κήρυκι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0708.tlg001:p.81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0708.tlg001:p.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ammon.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Diff.</span> p.81 </a> V.( v.l. <span class="ref greek">ὑπὸ κήρυκα</span> Ptol.Asc.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0708.tlg001:p.399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0708.tlg001:p.399/canonical-url/"> p.399 </a> H.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">messenger, herald</span>, <span class="quote greek">θεοὶ κήρυκες ἀγγέλλουσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1511/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1511 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:347" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:347/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 347 </a>; of the cock, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 30 </a>; of writing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:780" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:780/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 780 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">κ. καὶ τάφος εἰμὶ βροτοῦ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1618 </span> ; of Homer, <span class="foreign greek">ἡρώων κάρυκ’ ἀρετᾶς</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 1188 </span>: metaph., <span class="quote greek">κ. καὶ ἀπόστολος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Ti.</span> 2.7 </a> , al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trumpet-shell</span>, e.g. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Triton nodiferum</span>, and smaller species, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:528a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:528a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 528a10 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg031:2:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg031:2.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vict.</span> 2.48 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0664.tlg001:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0664.tlg001:133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diocl.Fr.</span> 133 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Macho</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:349c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.349c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 8.349c </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 4.670 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 1.7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> </span> Trall.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:3.7/canonical-url/"> 3.7 </a>.[<span class="pron greek">ῡ</span> exc. acc. pl. <span class="quote greek">κήρῠκας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antim.</span> 19 </a> (s.v.l.), cf. <span class="itype greek">κηρῠκιον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.124 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicarch.</span></span>): but accented <span class="foreign greek">κῆρυξ</span>, Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2494.tlg001:1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2494.tlg001:1.44/canonical-url/"> 1.44 </a>, etc.] (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kārús</span> \'poet\', <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kīrtis</span> \'fame\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}