ἕκατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑκάς (hekás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.ka.tos/ → /ˈe.ka.tos/ → /ˈe.ka.tos/

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

Adjective

ἕκᾰτος • (hékatos) m (feminine ἑκάτη, neuter —); first/second declension

1. (Epic) far-shooting (epithet of Apollo and Artemis)

Declension

First and second declension of ἕκᾰτος; ἑκᾰ́τη; — (Epic)

Number		Singular
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἕκᾰτος hékatos	ἑκᾰ́τη hekátē	—
Genitive		ἑκᾰ́του / ἑκᾰτοῖο / ἑκᾰ́τοιο / ἑκᾰτόο / ἑκᾰ́τοο hekátou / hekatoîo / hekátoio / hekatóo / hekátoo	ἑκᾰ́της hekátēs	—
Dative		ἑκᾰ́τῳ hekátōi	ἑκᾰ́τῃ hekátēi	—
Accusative		ἕκᾰτον hékaton	ἑκᾰ́την hekátēn	—
Vocative		ἕκᾰτε hékate	ἑκᾰ́τη hekátē	—
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• ἑκατηβόλος (hekatēbólos)

Further reading

• “ἕκατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕκατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕκατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἕκατος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἕκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press