ἦκα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain; may be related to ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”), ἀκήν (akḗn), ἥκιστος (hḗkistos), ἧσσα (hêssa) and/or Latin sēgnis.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.ka/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.ka/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/

Adverb

ἦκα • (êka)

slightly, a little
softly, gently, smoothly
softly, low (of sound volume)
little by little

Further reading

“ἦκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἦκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἦκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἦκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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