Ἑκάτη
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Ancient Greek [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From an Anatolian language. Often incorrectly derived from ἑκάς (hekas, “far away”) (compare ἑκάεργος (hekaergos, “far working”), an epithet of Apollo).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hekátɛ͜ɛ/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hɛkáteː/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ekáti/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ekáti/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ekáti/
Proper noun [edit]
Ἑκάτη (genitive Ἑκάτης) f, first declension; (Hekatē)
Inflection [edit]
First declension of Ἑκάτη, Ἑκάτης
Derived terms [edit]
- Ἑκατεῖον
- Ἑκαταῖος
- Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον (Hekatēs deipnon, “Hekate's dinner”)
- Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν (Hekataia katesthiein, “rapscallion”)
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- LSJ
- Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
- Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1012