The corpus record — Latin

Hecate

Hecate · f

daughter of Perses

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Where it lives

Genethliacon ad Ausonium Nepotem 1 · 58.48/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Medea 4 · 7.07/10k
Argonautica 7 · 1.88/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Hĕcătē — Lewis & Short

Hĕcătē, ēs, f., = *(eka/th,

I daughter of Perses, or Persœus, and Asteria, sister of Latona, the presider over enchantments, conjurations, etc.; she is often identified with Diana, Luna, and Proserpina, and is therefore represented with three heads, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Verg. A. 4, 511 Serv.; Ov. M. 7, 74; 94; 194; 14, 405; id. F. 1, 141; Hor. S. 1, 8, 33; Sen. Phaedr. 420 et saep. —

II Derivv.

A Hĕcătēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hecate, Hecateian: carmina, i. e. magical incantations, Ov. M. 14, 44: Aulis, devoted to Diana, Stat. Ach. 1, 447: Idus, i. e. of August, sacred to Diana, id. Silv. 3, 1, 60.—

B Hĕcătēïs, ĭdos, f. adj., Hecateian: herba, i. e. enchanter's nightshade, Ov. M. 6, 139.

In the wild

Hecate Seneca, Phaedra 1
Hecates Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 5.335
Hecate Statius, Achilleis 1.344
Hecate Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.495
Hecatae Statius, Thebais 4.456
Hecate Seneca, Medea 1

6 of 45 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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