A.Temple of Erechtheus at Athens, Paus.1.26.5, Plu.2.843e : Ἐρεχθεῖδαι , οἱ, members of the Erechtheid tribe, SIG911.17 : hence, a name of the Athenians, Pi.I. 2.19, E.Med.824 (-εΐδαι, lyr.), etc. : sg. in Ar.Eq.1015,1030:—Ἐρεχθηίς , ίδος, contr. ἐρευν-ής , ῇδος, fem. Adj. of Erechtheus, θάλασσα Ἐ. a fountain at Athens sacred to him, Apollod.3.14.1 : also a name of one of the Attic Tribes, IG12.929, D.21.68, etc.
Ἐρεχθεύς , έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ, an ancient hero of Attica, first in Il. 2.547, Od.7.81:—hence Ἐρέχθειον , τό,