Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“ἐρυ_κέμεν” 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 “ἠρύκα^κον” Il.5.321, 20.458, “ἐρύκα^κον” 11.352, etc., inf. “ἐρυ_κα^κέειν” 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.HF317 ; 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.HA621a24.

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.).