Ἑκαταῖος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekátē) + -ῐος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.ka.tâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e.kaˈtɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.kaˈtɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.kaˈte.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.kaˈte.os/
Adjective
Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekataîos) m (feminine Ἑκᾰταίᾱ, neuter Ἑκᾰταῖον); first/second declension
- (hapax) of Hecate
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 734
Inflection
First and second declension of Ἑκᾰταῖος; Ἑκᾰταίᾱ; Ἑκᾰταῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | Ἑκᾰταῖος Hekataîos | Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā | Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon | Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō | Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā | Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō | Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekataîoi | Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekataîai | Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa | |||||
Genitive | Ἑκᾰταίου Hekataíou | Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekataíās | Ἑκᾰταίου Hekataíou | Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin | Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekataíain | Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin | Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn | Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn | Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn | |||||
Dative | Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekataíōi | Ἑκᾰταίᾳ Hekataíāi | Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekataíōi | Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin | Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekataíain | Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin | Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekataíois | Ἑκᾰταίαις Hekataíais | Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekataíois | |||||
Accusative | Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon | Ἑκᾰταίᾱν Hekataíān | Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon | Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō | Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā | Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō | Ἑκᾰταίους Hekataíous | Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekataíās | Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa | |||||
Vocative | Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekataîe | Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā | Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon | Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō | Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā | Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō | Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekataîoi | Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekataîai | Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
Ἑκᾰταίως Hekataíōs | Ἑκᾰταιότερος Hekataióteros | Ἑκᾰταιότᾰτος Hekataiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Proper noun
Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekataîos) m (genitive Ἑκᾰταίου); second declension
- Hecataeus
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.36.2
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἑκᾰταῖος; τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἑκᾰταῖος ho Hekataîos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου toû Hekataíou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἑκᾰταίῳ tôi Hekataíōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἑκᾰταῖον tòn Hekataîon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekataîe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εκαταίος (Ekataíos)
- Latin: Hecataeus
References
- “Ἑκαταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἑκαταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἑκαταῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ἑκαταῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012