Hecate
English
Alternative forms
various rare or obsolete forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off",[1] "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter".[2]
Alternatively, some suggest that the name derives from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek word for "will".[3]
Pronunciation
All
- US[4]
- enPR: hĕʹkətē, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/
- enPR: hĕkəʹtē, IPA(key): /hɛˈkəti/
- enPR: hĕʹkǐt, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkɪt/
- enPR: hĕkǐtʹ, IPA(key): /hɛkˈɪt/
- British
- enPR: hĕʹkətē, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/[5]
Proper noun
Hecate
- The powerful goddess, in Greek mythology, of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
- (astronomy) 100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid.
Coordinate terms
- (Greco-Roman moon goddess): Trivia, Artemis/Diana, Selene/Luna, Theia, Phoebe, Pandia, the Menae
- (goddesses of the dead): Melinoe/Mania, Macaria, Persephone/Proserpina
Translations
Greek goddess
References
- ^ Charles Anthon, A Classical Dictionary (Harper & Brothers, 1869)
- ^ P. E. Wheelwright, Metaphor and Reality (1975, →ISBN
- ^ Jenny Strauss Clay, in Hesiod's Cosmos (Cambridge University Press, 2003, →ISBN, lists a number of researchers who associate Hecate's name and "will", e.g. Walcot (1958), Neitzel (1975), and Derossi (1975); she identifies "the name and function of Hecate as the one 'by whose will' prayers are accomplished and fulfilled". This interpretation also appears in Liddell and Scott's A Greek English Lexicon.
- ^ Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Via“Hecate”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “Hecate”, in Collins English Dictionary.