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ἑκάς

ekas

far, far away

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1. ἑκάς · hekas — Beekes

ἑκάς [adv.] ‘far, far away’, both local and temporal (IL); βεκάς: μακράν ‘far’ (H.). 41Ὲ *sue-kns ?> *COMP Compar. ἑκαστέρω, superl. ἑκαστάτω. DER ἔκᾶ-θεν ‘from afar’ (Il; cf. ἑκά-τερος), ἀφ-εκάς ‘far off (Nic.). eETYM Cf. ἀνδρα-κάς ‘man for man’ (v 14); the word is from the reflexive/anaphoric pronoun » &, &, so properly ‘on itself? The same distributive suffix also occurs in Sanskrit, e.g. parva-Sds ‘limb by … — [Beekes, s.v. ἑκάς, p. 442]

2. ἑκάς · hekas — Chantraine

ἑκάς : adv. «loin, à l'écart» local, parfois temporel (Hom., poètes, très rare en prose). Le digamma est attesté par la métrique hom. et par la glose βεκάς * μακράν (Hsch.). Comp. ἑκαστέρω (Od., Hdt., etc.); sup. ἑκαστάτω (IL, Hdt., etc.). Avec préverbe : ἀφεκάς (Nic.) et surtout ἀνεκάς «vers le haut» (Pi, Ar.) dont Photius 129,13 souligne singulièrement l’absence d'aspiration. Dérivé : ἕχαθεν « de loin » (Hom., … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἑκάς, p. 342]

3. ἐκάς · ekas — Chantraine

ἐκάς (Ὁ) : au datif ἐκάδι, nom d’un morceau de terre à Doura-Europos, C. B. Welles, Excav. Dura-Europos, Final Report V, 1, 1959, n° 15, a 1, commentaire, p. 90 (ef. Cumont, R. Ph. 1924, 104). Est-ce un doublet de ἑξάς d'après δεκάς ? — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐκάς, p. 342]

4. ἑκάς · hekas — LSJ

afar, far off, far from, far away from

afar, far off, Il. 20.422, etc.; οὐχ ἑκάς που S. Ph. 41 ; rare in Prose, Th. 1.69, 80 (and later, Nic.Dam. p.6D.) : c. gen., far from, far away from, ἑ. Ἄργεος Il. 9.246, etc.: freq. following its case, 13.263, Od. 14.496, al.; οὐ Χαρίτων ἑ. Pi. P. 8.21, cf. E. Ph. 907 ; ἑ. ἀπὸ τείχεος Il. 18.256 ; ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου ἑ. Hdt. 3.41.

2 farther, farthest, farthest from, to the farthest point

Comp. ἑκαστέρω farther, Od. 7.321, h.Bacch. 29, Alc. Supp. 5.8 (ἐκ-), Hdt. 6.108, E. HF 1047 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen., Hdt. 2.169, al. ; also ἑκαστοτέρω dub. in Theoc. 15.7 : Sup. ἑκαστάτω farthest, Il. 10.113, Hdt. 4.33 : c. gen., τοὺς ἑωυτῶν ἑ. οἰκημένους farthest from.., Id. 1.134 ; τῆς Λιβύης ἑ. ἦλθε to the farthest point of Libya, Id. 4.204, cf. 9.14.

II afar, long after, long

of Time, ἑ. ἐών afar, i.e. long after, Pi. P. 2.54 ; οὐχ ἑ. χρόνου in no long time, Hdt. 8.144 ; οὐχ ἑ. A. Ag. 1650. [ᾰ ; ᾱ only in Call. Ap. 2, in arsi.] (Prob. from ἕ and -κάς as in ἀνδρακάς ; lit. ‘by himself’.)

5. ἐκάς · ekas — LSJ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἑκάς (scan p. 442; entry #1958).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἑκάς (scan p. 342; entry #2349).

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