Hecate
English edit
Alternative forms edit
various rare or obsolete forms
Etymology edit
Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), 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] Some rather suggest that the name derives from Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn, “will”).[3]
Pronunciation edit
- (US) enPR: hĕʹkətē, hĕʹkǐt, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/, /ˈhɛkɪt/[4]
- (UK) enPR: hĕʹkətē, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/[5]
- Rhymes: (US) -ɛkɪt
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- (Greco-Roman moon goddess): Trivia, Artemis/Diana, Selene/Luna, Theia, Phoebe, Pandia, the Menae
- (goddesses of the dead): Melinoe/Mania, Macaria, Persephone/Proserpina
Translations edit
Greek goddess
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References edit
- ^ 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.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekátē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.ka.teː/, [ˈhɛkät̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ka.te/, [ˈɛːkät̪e]
Proper noun edit
Hecatē f sg (genitive Hecatēs); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Hecate; daughter of the Titan Perses and Titaness Asteria (sister of Latona); the presider over enchantments, conjurations; a goddess of magic, the night moon, the underworld, and of the haunted crossroad; variously conflated with Roman deities Diana Trivia (crossroads), Luna (moonlight), and Proserpina (Hades)
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Hecatē |
| Genitive | Hecatēs |
| Dative | Hecatae |
| Accusative | Hecatēn |
| Ablative | Hecatē |
| Vocative | Hecatē |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Hecate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hecate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 738.
- Hecate in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3022
- “Hecate”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers