The corpus record

ἕκαθεν

ekathen

from afar, far off, far away

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ἕκᾰθεν · hekathen — LSJ

from afar

from afar, Il. 2.456, Pi. O. 10(11).7, A. Supp. 421 (lyr.), and late Prose, Corn. ND 32, D.C. 50.33 : c. gen., ἕκαθεν πόλιος Il. 13.107 (al. ἑκάς).

II far off, far away

= ἑκάς, far off, far away, Od. 17.25.

III

= ἀνέκαθεν, Schwyzer 702 (Erythrae, iv B.C.).

In the wild

ἕκαθεν · hekathen Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 315–319
ἕκαθεν · hekathen Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 420–422
ἕκαθεν · hekathen Iliad 13.179
ἕκαθεν · hekathen Iliad 16.634
ἕκαθεν · hekathen Iliad 2.456
ἕκαθεν · hekathen Odyssey 17.25

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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