ἔργω, ἐέργω, εἴργω,
ἔργνυ_μι (ϝέργ.), ipf. ἔεργε, ἐέργνυ_, aor. 3 pl. ἔρξαν, pass. perf. ἔεργμαι, 3 pl. ἐέρχαται,
plup. 3 pl. ἔρχατο, ἐέρχατο, aor.
part. acc. ἐρχθέντα: shut
off by barrier or enclosure, ἐντὸς
ἐέργειν, shut in, Il. 2.617, etc.; of simply ‘enclosing,’
διακεκριμέναι δὲ ἕκασται
| ἔρχατο, the young animals
were severally ‘penned,’ Od. 9.221, Od. 14.73
; ἐρχθέντ᾽ ἐν ποταμῷ, ‘shut
up,’ Il. 21.282; also of
‘crowding,’ ‘pressing
closely,’ Il. 16.395;
mostly w. specifying adv. (as
ἐντός above), ζυγὸν
ἀμφὶς ἐέργει (βόε),
‘holds apart,’ Il.
13.706; so ἐκτός,
Od. 12.219;
κατά, Od. 10.238; the gen.
may follow even the simple verb, ὡς ὅτε
μήτηρ | παιδὸς ἐέργῃ
μυῖαν, ‘keeps a fly away from her
child,’ Il. 4.131
; ἐεργμέναι, Il.
5.89; better reading ἐερμέναι.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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