ἕκηλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἕκᾱλος (hékālos) — Doric

Etymology

Uncertain. The word is best taken, as per Buttmann, as *ϝέκᾱλος (*wékālos) (which is identical to γέκαλον (gékalon, “quiet, reposeful”)), from *ϝέκᾰ (*wéka) in ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), so from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish, want”). Thus, it would probably mean "at will". The semantically attractive connection with Sanskrit उच्यति (ucyati, “to find pleasure”) and ओकस् (okas, “abode, dwelling”) would be fine for εὔκηλος (eúkēlos), but does not explain this word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.kɛː.los/ → /ˈe.ci.los/ → /ˈe.ci.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.kɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.ke̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ci.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ci.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ci.los/

Adjective

ἕκηλος • (hékēlos) m or f (neuter ἕκηλον); second declension

1. untroubled, quiet, at one's ease
2. (figuratively) fallow, lying at rest (of a field)
3. unmoved, immobile (of trees)

Inflection

Second declension of ἕκηλος; ἕκηλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἕκηλος hékēlos	ἕκηλον hékēlon		ἑκήλω hekḗlō	ἑκήλω hekḗlō		ἕκηλοι hékēloi	ἕκηλᾰ hékēla
Genitive		ἑκήλου hekḗlou	ἑκήλου hekḗlou		ἑκήλοιν hekḗloin	ἑκήλοιν hekḗloin		ἑκήλων hekḗlōn	ἑκήλων hekḗlōn
Dative		ἑκήλῳ hekḗlōi	ἑκήλῳ hekḗlōi		ἑκήλοιν hekḗloin	ἑκήλοιν hekḗloin		ἑκήλοις hekḗlois	ἑκήλοις hekḗlois
Accusative		ἕκηλον hékēlon	ἕκηλον hékēlon		ἑκήλω hekḗlō	ἑκήλω hekḗlō		ἑκήλους hekḗlous	ἕκηλᾰ hékēla
Vocative		ἕκηλε hékēle	ἕκηλον hékēlon		ἑκήλω hekḗlō	ἑκήλω hekḗlō		ἕκηλοι hékēloi	ἕκηλᾰ hékēla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἑκήλως hekḗlōs			ἑκηλότερος hekēlóteros			ἑκηλότᾰτος hekēlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἑκηλία (hekēlía)

Further reading

• “ἕκηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἕκηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕκηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN