ἑρκεῖος
ον, α, ον, ὁ
A.
of or in the ἕρκος or front court, Ζεὺς Ἑ., as the household god, Od. 22.335, Hdt. 6.68, S. Ant. 487, E. Tr. 17, Cratin.Jun. 9, Pl. Euthd. 302d, Arist. Mu. 401a20 : abs., Ἑρκεῖος,ὁ, Paus. 4.17.4 ; also βωμὸς ἑ. Pi. Pae. 6.114.
2.
Ἑρκεῖοι,οἱ, = Lat. Penates, D.H. 1.67.
3.
πύλαι, θύρα ἑ., the gates, door of the court, A. Ch. 561, 571, 653 ; πρὸς κίον’ ἑρκείου στέγης S. Aj. 108 ; ἐφ’ ἑρκείῳ πυρᾷ E. Tr. 483.