ἑκάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

From ἕ (hé) +‎ -κᾰ́ς (-kás), from Proto-Hellenic *hwe, from Proto-Indo-European *swé and one possible cognate seen in द्विशस् (dviśas, “two by two”). See also ἀνδρᾰκᾰ́ς (andrakás, “man by man”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.kás/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈkas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈkas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈkas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈkas/

Adverb

ἑκᾰ́ς • (hekás)

afar, far off
long after

Derived terms

ἑκάεργος (hekáergos)
ἕκαστος (hékastos)
ἑκάτερος (hekáteros)
ἕκατος (hékatos)

References

“ἑκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἑκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἑκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἑκάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἑκάς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- afar idem, page 15.
- distantly idem, page 240.
- far idem, page 306.
- remotely idem, page 694.

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