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Ἑκάτη

Ἑκάτη

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Ἑκάτη (Hekátē) f (genitive Ἑκάτης); first declension

  1. Hecate

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Ἑκατεῖον (Hekateîon)
  • Ἑκαταῖος (Hekataîos)
  • Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον (Hekátēs deîpnon, Hekate's dinner)
  • Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν (Hekataîa katesthíein, rapscallion)

Descendants

  • English: Hecate
  • Greek: Εκάτη (Ekáti)
  • Latin: Hecate

References

  • Ἑκάτη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἑκάτη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • «Ἑκάτη» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill