Ἑκαταῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekátē) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ka.tâi̯.os/ → /e.kaˈtɛ.os/ → /e.kaˈte.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ka.tâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.kaˈtɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈtɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈte.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈte.os/

Adjective

Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekataîos) m (feminine Ἑκᾰταίᾱ, neuter Ἑκᾰταῖον); first/second declension

1. (hapax) of Hecate
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 734

Inflection

First and second declension of Ἑκᾰταῖος; Ἑκᾰταίᾱ; Ἑκᾰταῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Ἑκᾰταῖος Hekataîos	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon		Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō		Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekataîoi	Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekataîai	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa
Genitive		Ἑκᾰταίου Hekataíou	Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekataíās	Ἑκᾰταίου Hekataíou		Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin	Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekataíain	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin		Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn
Dative		Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekataíōi	Ἑκᾰταίᾳ Hekataíāi	Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekataíōi		Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin	Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekataíain	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin		Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekataíois	Ἑκᾰταίαις Hekataíais	Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekataíois
Accusative		Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon	Ἑκᾰταίᾱν Hekataíān	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon		Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō		Ἑκᾰταίους Hekataíous	Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekataíās	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa
Vocative		Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekataîe	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon		Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō		Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekataîoi	Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekataîai	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Ἑκᾰταίως Hekataíōs				Ἑκᾰταιότερος Hekataióteros				Ἑκᾰταιότᾰτος Hekataiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Proper noun

Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekataîos) m (genitive Ἑκᾰταίου); second declension

1. Hecataeus
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.36.2

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἑκᾰταῖος; τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑκᾰταῖος ho Hekataîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου toû Hekataíou
Dative	τῷ Ἑκᾰταίῳ tôi Hekataíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἑκᾰταῖον tòn Hekataîon
Vocative	Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekataîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εκαταίος (Ekataíos)
• Latin: Hecataeus

References

• “Ἑκαταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἑκαταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἑκαταῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἑκαταῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012