Ἑκαταῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekắtē) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ka.tâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.kaˈtɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈtɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈte.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈte.os/

Adjective

Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekătaîos) m (feminine Ἑκᾰταίᾱ, neuter Ἑκᾰταῖον); first/second declension

(hapax legomenon) of Hecate
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 734

Inflection

First and second declension of Ἑκᾰταῖος; Ἑκᾰταίᾱ; Ἑκᾰταῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ἑκᾰταῖος Hekătaîos	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekătaíā	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekătaîon	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekătaíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekătaíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekătaíō	Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekătaîoi	Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekătaîai	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekătaîă
Genitive	Ἑκᾰταίου Hekătaíou	Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekătaíās	Ἑκᾰταίου Hekătaíou	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekătaíoin	Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekătaíain	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekătaíoin	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekătaíōn	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekătaíōn	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekătaíōn
Dative	Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekătaíōi	Ἑκᾰταίᾳ Hekătaíāi	Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekătaíōi	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekătaíoin	Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekătaíain	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekătaíoin	Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekătaíois	Ἑκᾰταίαις Hekătaíais	Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekătaíois
Accusative	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekătaîon	Ἑκᾰταίᾱν Hekătaíān	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekătaîon	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekătaíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekătaíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekătaíō	Ἑκᾰταίους Hekătaíous	Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekătaíās	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekătaîă
Vocative	Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekătaîe	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekătaíā	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekătaîon	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekătaíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekătaíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekătaíō	Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekătaîoi	Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekătaîai	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekătaîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ἑκᾰταίως Hekătaíōs			Ἑκᾰταιότερος Hekătaióteros			Ἑκᾰταιότᾰτος Hekătaiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Proper noun

Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekătaîos) m (genitive Ἑκᾰταίου); second declension

Hecataeus
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.36.2

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἑκᾰταῖος; τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑκᾰταῖος ho Hekătaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου toû Hekătaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἑκᾰταίῳ tōî Hekătaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἑκᾰταῖον tòn Hekătaîon
Vocative	Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekătaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Εκαταίος (Ekataíos)
Latin: Hecataeus

References

“Ἑκαταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἑκαταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Ἑκαταῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Ἑκαταῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012