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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἑκάς (hekás).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hé.ka.tos/ → /ˈe.ka.tos/ → /ˈe.ka.tos/
Adjective
ἕκᾰτος • (hékătos) m (feminine ἑκάτη, neuter —); first/second declension
- (Epic) far-shooting (epithet of Apollo and Artemis)
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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 Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἕκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press