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Ἑκαταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἑκαταῖος

Structure: Ἑκαται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of Hecate, a statue or chapel of Hecate

Examples

  • τούτουσ τά θ’ Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν, καὶ τοὺσ ὄρχεισ τοὺσ ἐκ τῶν χοίρων, οἷσ καθαίρουσιν ὅταν εἰσιέναι μέλλωσιν, συλλέγοντασ ἑκάστοτε συνδειπνεῖν ἀλλήλοισ, καὶ ῥᾷον ὀμνύναι καὶ ἐπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 55:4)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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