The corpus record

εἱρκτή

eirkte · ἡ

an inclosure, prison

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Where it lives

Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

εἱρκτή · heirktē — LSJ

an inclosure, prison, prison

an inclosure, prison, Hdt. 4.146, 148, Th. 1.131, PTeb. 5.260 (ii B. C.), etc.; of the body as prison of the soul, J. BJ 2.8.11 (pl.): pl., E. Ba. 497, X. Cyr. 3.1.19.

II inner part of the house, womenʼs apartments

inner part of the house, womenʼs apartments, Id. Mem. 2.1.5.

In the wild

εἱρκτῆς · heirktēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1234)
εἱρκταῖς · heirktais Euripides, Bacchae 545–549
εἱρκταῖσί · heirktaisi Euripides, Bacchae 497
ἑρκτήν · herktēn Herodotus, Histories 4.146.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4972)
ἑρκτὴν · herktēn Herodotus, Histories 4.146.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4974)
εἱρκτὴν · heirktēn Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 17

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Where it came from

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