hecateius
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛ.kaˈteː.i.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.kaˈt̪ɛː.i.us]
Adjective
hecatēïus (feminine hecatēïa, neuter hecatēïum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to Hecate; Hecateian
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.44:
- Conterit et trītīs Hĕcătēĭă carmina miscet
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Conterit et trītīs Hĕcătēĭă carmina miscet
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hecatēïus | hecatēïa | hecatēïum | hecatēïī | hecatēïae | hecatēïa | |
| genitive | hecatēïī | hecatēïae | hecatēïī | hecatēïōrum | hecatēïārum | hecatēïōrum | |
| dative | hecatēïō | hecatēïae | hecatēïō | hecatēïīs | |||
| accusative | hecatēïum | hecatēïam | hecatēïum | hecatēïōs | hecatēïās | hecatēïa | |
| ablative | hecatēïō | hecatēïā | hecatēïō | hecatēïīs | |||
| vocative | hecatēïe | hecatēïa | hecatēïum | hecatēïī | hecatēïae | hecatēïa | |
Further reading
- “Hĕcătē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press