Hecate

See also: Hécate and Hècate

English

Alternative forms

various rare or obsolete forms
  • Ecate, Echate [15th century]
  • Hecatê, Hecaté, Hecatè, Hekate (uncommon)
  • Hecat, Hecat’, Heccat, Hekat [17th century]

Etymology

Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off",[1] "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter".[2] Some rather suggest that the name derives from Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn, “will”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: hĕʹkətē, hĕʹkǐt, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/, /ˈhɛkɪt/[4]
  • (UK) enPR: hĕʹkətē, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/[5]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: (US) -ɛkɪt

Proper noun

Hecate

  1. (Greek mythology) A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
  2. (astronomy) 100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid.

Coordinate terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Charles Anthon, A Classical Dictionary (Harper & Brothers, 1869)
  2. ^ P. E. Wheelwright, Metaphor and Reality (1975, →ISBN
  3. ^ Jenny Strauss Clay, in Hesiod's Cosmos (Cambridge University Press, 2003, →ISBN, lists a number of researchers who associate Hecate's name and "will", e.g. Walcot (1958), Neitzel (1975), and Derossi (1975); she identifies "the name and function of Hecate as the one 'by whose will' prayers are accomplished and fulfilled". This interpretation also appears in Liddell and Scott's A Greek English Lexicon.
  4. ^ Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Via“Hecate”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  5. ^ “Hecate”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekắtē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hecatē f sg (genitive Hecatēs); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Hecate; daughter of the Titan Perses and Titaness Asteria (sister of Latona); the presider over enchantments, conjurations; a goddess of magic, the night moon, the underworld, and of the haunted crossroad; variously conflated with Roman deities Diana Trivia (crossroads), Luna (moonlight), and Proserpina (Hades)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Hecatē
genitive Hecatēs
dative Hecatae
accusative Hecatēn
ablative Hecatē
vocative Hecatē

Derived terms

  • Hecatēius
  • Hecatēïs

Further reading

  • “Hecate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hecate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 738.
  • Hecate in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3022
  • “Hecate”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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