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

 

• IPA^(key): /he.kás/ → /eˈkas/ → /eˈkas/

• (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)

1. afar, far off
2. long after

Derived terms

• ἑκάεργος (hekáergos)
• ἕκαστος (hékastos)
• ἑκάτερος (hekáteros)
• ἑκατηβόλος (hekatēbólos)
• 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • afar idem, page 15.
  • distantly idem, page 240.
  • far idem, page 306.
  • remotely idem, page 694.