ἑκάεργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally said to be ἑκάς (hekás, “far off”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “deed, work”) +‎ -ος (-os), but Beekes considers it to be based on ἑκών, giving "free-working" as the original meaning.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /whe.ká.wer.ɡos/ → /eˈka.er.ɣos/ → /eˈka.er.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /whe.ká.wer.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈka.er.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈka.er.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈka.er.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈka.er.ɣos/

Adjective

ἑκάεργος • (hekáergos) m or f (neuter ἑκάεργον); second declension

1. far-working or originally free-working (epithet of Apollo and, occasionally, Artemis)

Declension

Second declension of ἑκάεργος; ἑκάεργον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑκάεργος hekáergos	ἑκάεργον hekáergon		ἑκαέργω hekaérgō	ἑκαέργω hekaérgō		ἑκάεργοι hekáergoi	ἑκάεργᾰ hekáerga
Genitive		ἑκαέργου hekaérgou	ἑκαέργου hekaérgou		ἑκαέργοιν hekaérgoin	ἑκαέργοιν hekaérgoin		ἑκαέργων hekaérgōn	ἑκαέργων hekaérgōn
Dative		ἑκαέργῳ hekaérgōi	ἑκαέργῳ hekaérgōi		ἑκαέργοιν hekaérgoin	ἑκαέργοιν hekaérgoin		ἑκαέργοις hekaérgois	ἑκαέργοις hekaérgois
Accusative		ἑκάεργον hekáergon	ἑκάεργον hekáergon		ἑκαέργω hekaérgō	ἑκαέργω hekaérgō		ἑκαέργους hekaérgous	ἑκάεργᾰ hekáerga
Vocative		ἑκάεργε hekáerge	ἑκάεργον hekáergon		ἑκαέργω hekaérgō	ἑκαέργω hekaérgō		ἑκάεργοι hekáergoi	ἑκάεργᾰ hekáerga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἑκαέργως hekaérgōs			ἑκαεργότερος hekaergóteros			ἑκαεργότᾰτος hekaergótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἑκάεργος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἑκάεργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑκάεργος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἑκάεργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑκάεργος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter