Ἑκαταῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekátē) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

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

(hapax) 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 Hekataîos	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekataîoi	Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekataîai	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa
Genitive	Ἑκᾰταίου Hekataíou	Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekataíās	Ἑκᾰταίου Hekataíou	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin	Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekataíain	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn	Ἑκᾰταίων Hekataíōn
Dative	Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekataíōi	Ἑκᾰταίᾳ Hekataíāi	Ἑκᾰταίῳ Hekataíōi	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin	Ἑκᾰταίαιν Hekataíain	Ἑκᾰταίοιν Hekataíoin	Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekataíois	Ἑκᾰταίαις Hekataíais	Ἑκᾰταίοις Hekataíois
Accusative	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon	Ἑκᾰταίᾱν Hekataíān	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίους Hekataíous	Ἑκᾰταίᾱς Hekataíās	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa
Vocative	Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekataîe	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταῖον Hekataîon	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταίᾱ Hekataíā	Ἑκᾰταίω Hekataíō	Ἑκᾰταῖοι Hekataîoi	Ἑκᾰταῖαι Hekataîai	Ἑκᾰταῖᾰ Hekataîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ἑκᾰταίως Hekataíōs			Ἑκᾰταιότερος Hekataióteros			Ἑκᾰταιότᾰτος Hekataiótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Proper noun

Ἑκᾰταῖος • (Hekataîos) 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 Hekataîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑκᾰταίου toû Hekataíou
Dative	τῷ Ἑκᾰταίῳ tôi Hekataíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἑκᾰταῖον tòn Hekataîon
Vocative	Ἑκᾰταῖε Hekataîe
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 (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012

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