Ἑκάτη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ἑκᾰ́τᾱ (Hekátā)
Etymology edit
Possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, derived from ἑκάς (hekás, “far away”), variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar," "one who drives off,"[1] "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter."[2] Apollo was the twin brother of Artemis, who was very closely associated (and sometimes conflated) with Hekate. Or possibly from an Anatolian language.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.ká.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈka.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈka.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈka.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈka.ti/
Proper noun edit
Ἑκᾰ́τη • (Hekátē) f (genitive Ἑκᾰ́της); first declension
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
- Ἑκᾰτεῖον (Hekateîon)
- Ἑκᾰταῖος (Hekataîos)
- Ἑκᾰ́της δεῖπνον (Hekátēs deîpnon, “Hekate's dinner”)
- Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ κᾰτεσθίειν (Hekataîa katesthíein, “rapscallion”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Ἑκάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἑκάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἑκάτη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN