1.a fence, hedge, wall, Hom.; esp. round the court-yards of houses, Od.:— also the place enclosed, the court-yard, Hom.; Κίσσινον ἕρκος, i. e. Susa, Aesch.; γαίας ἕρκος a fenced city, Eur.; ἕρκος ἱρόν, i. e. the altar, Soph.; ἕρκος ὀδόντων the ring or wall which the teeth make round the gums, i. e. the teeth, Hom.; σφραγῖδος ἕρκος, i. e. a seal, Soph.
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