Ἑκάτη

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From an Anatolian language. Often incorrectly derived from ἑκάς (hekas, “far away”) (compare ἑκάεργος (hekaergos, “far working”), an epithet of Apollo).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hekátɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hɛkáteː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ekáti/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ekáti/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ekáti/

Proper noun

Ἑκάτη (genitive Ἑκάτης) f, first declension; (Hekatē)

1. Hecate

Inflection

    First declension of Ἑκάτη, Ἑκάτης

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἑκάτη
Genitive	Ἑκάτης
Dative	Ἑκάτῃ
Accusative	Ἑκάτην
Vocative	Ἑκάτη

Derived terms

• Ἑκατεῖον
• Ἑκαταῖος
• Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον (Hekatēs deipnon, “Hekate's dinner”)
• Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν (Hekataia katesthiein, “rapscallion”)

Descendants

• English: Hecate
• Greek: Εκάτη (Ekáti)
• Latin: Hecate

References

• LSJ
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1012