ἕκαστος

See also: έκαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

Possibly altered from *ἕκαστις (*hékastis) because of its similarity to superlative adjectives -ιστος (-istos), from ἑκάς (hekás, “far off”) +‎ τις (tis, “someone”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Determiner

ἕκᾰστος • (hékastos)

1. each, every

Inflection

First and second declension of ἕκᾰστος; ἑκᾰ́στη; ἕκᾰστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἕκᾰστος hékastos	ἑκᾰ́στη hekástē	ἕκᾰστον hékaston		ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekástā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō		ἕκᾰστοι hékastoi	ἕκᾰσται hékastai	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékasta
Genitive		ἑκᾰ́στου hekástou	ἑκᾰ́στης hekástēs	ἑκᾰ́στου hekástou		ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin	ἑκᾰ́σταιν hekástain	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin		ἑκᾰ́στων hekástōn	ἑκᾰ́στων hekástōn	ἑκᾰ́στων hekástōn
Dative		ἑκᾰ́στῳ hekástōi	ἑκᾰ́στῃ hekástēi	ἑκᾰ́στῳ hekástōi		ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin	ἑκᾰ́σταιν hekástain	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin		ἑκᾰ́στοις hekástois	ἑκᾰ́σταις hekástais	ἑκᾰ́στοις hekástois
Accusative		ἕκᾰστον hékaston	ἑκᾰ́στην hekástēn	ἕκᾰστον hékaston		ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekástā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō		ἑκᾰ́στους hekástous	ἑκᾰ́στᾱς hekástās	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékasta
Vocative		ἕκᾰστε hékaste	ἑκᾰ́στη hekástē	ἕκᾰστον hékaston		ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekástā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō		ἕκᾰστοι hékastoi	ἕκᾰσται hékastai	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékasta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑκᾰ́στως hekástōs				ἑκᾰστότερος hekastóteros				ἑκᾰστότᾰτος hekastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• French: panécastique
• Greek: έκαστος (ékastos)

References

• “ἕκαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕκαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἕκαστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕκαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕκαστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕκαστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἕκαστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1538 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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