ἀέκητι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ ἕκητι (hékēti), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish, want”) (compare ἑκών (hekṓn, “willingly”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.wé.kɛː.ti/ → /aˈe.ci.ti/ → /aˈe.ci.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.wé.kɛː.ti/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈe.ke̝.ti/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈe.ci.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈe.ci.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈe.ci.ti/

Preposition

ἀέκητῐ • (aékēti) (governs the genitive)

1. (Epic) against the will of

Further reading

• “ἀέκητι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀέκητι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀέκητι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press