ἑκηβόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From either ἑκάς (hekás) or ἑκών (hekṓn) +‎ βόλος (bólos). Beekes thinks that the latter is correct but that Homer treats it as if it were the former.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.kɛː.bó.los/ → /e.ciˈβo.los/ → /e.ciˈvo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.kɛː.bó.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.ke̝ˈbo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ciˈβo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ciˈvo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ciˈvo.los/

Noun

ἑκηβόλος • (hekēbólos) m (genitive ἑκηβόλου); second declension

1. (poetic, epithet of Apollo) sharpshooter, sniper

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἑκηβόλος; τοῦ ἑκηβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑκηβόλος ho hekēbólos	τὼ ἑκηβόλω tṑ hekēbólō	οἱ ἑκηβόλοι hoi hekēbóloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἑκηβόλου toû hekēbólou	τοῖν ἑκηβόλοιν toîn hekēbóloin	τῶν ἑκηβόλων tôn hekēbólōn
Dative	τῷ ἑκηβόλῳ tôi hekēbólōi	τοῖν ἑκηβόλοιν toîn hekēbóloin	τοῖς ἑκηβόλοις toîs hekēbólois
Accusative	τὸν ἑκηβόλον tòn hekēbólon	τὼ ἑκηβόλω tṑ hekēbólō	τοὺς ἑκηβόλους toùs hekēbólous
Vocative	ἑκηβόλε hekēbóle	ἑκηβόλω hekēbólō	ἑκηβόλοι hekēbóloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.