ἕκαστος

See also: έκαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

Possibly altered from *ἕκαστις (*hékastis) because of its similarity to superlative adjectives -ιστος (-istos), from ἑκάς (hekás, “far off”) +‎ τις (tis, “someone”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.kas.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.kas.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kas.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kas.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kas.tos/

Determiner

ἕκᾰστος • (hékăstos)

each, every

Inflection

First and second declension of ἕκᾰστος; ἑκᾰ́στη; ἕκᾰστον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἕκᾰστος hékăstos	ἑκᾰ́στη hekắstē	ἕκᾰστον hékăston	ἑκᾰ́στω hekắstō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekắstā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekắstō	ἕκᾰστοι hékăstoi	ἕκᾰσται hékăstai	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékăstă
Genitive	ἑκᾰ́στου hekắstou	ἑκᾰ́στης hekắstēs	ἑκᾰ́στου hekắstou	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekắstoin	ἑκᾰ́σταιν hekắstain	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekắstoin	ἑκᾰ́στων hekắstōn	ἑκᾰ́στων hekắstōn	ἑκᾰ́στων hekắstōn
Dative	ἑκᾰ́στῳ hekắstōi	ἑκᾰ́στῃ hekắstēi	ἑκᾰ́στῳ hekắstōi	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekắstoin	ἑκᾰ́σταιν hekắstain	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekắstoin	ἑκᾰ́στοις hekắstois	ἑκᾰ́σταις hekắstais	ἑκᾰ́στοις hekắstois
Accusative	ἕκᾰστον hékăston	ἑκᾰ́στην hekắstēn	ἕκᾰστον hékăston	ἑκᾰ́στω hekắstō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekắstā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekắstō	ἑκᾰ́στους hekắstous	ἑκᾰ́στᾱς hekắstās	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékăstă
Vocative	ἕκᾰστε hékăste	ἑκᾰ́στη hekắstē	ἕκᾰστον hékăston	ἑκᾰ́στω hekắstō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekắstā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekắstō	ἕκᾰστοι hékăstoi	ἕκᾰσται hékăstai	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékăstă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἑκᾰ́στως hekắstōs			ἑκᾰστότερος hekăstóteros			ἑκᾰστότᾰτος hekăstótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

French: panécastique
Greek: έκαστος (ékastos)

References

“ἕκαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἕκαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἕκαστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἕκαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἕκαστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἕκαστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἕκαστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1538 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- every idem, page 285.
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Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN