Ἑκαμήδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑκάς (hekás, “far off”) +‎ μήδεᾰ (mḗdeă, “plan, counsel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ka.mɛ̌ː.dɛː/ → /e.kaˈmi.ði/ → /e.kaˈmi.ði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ka.mɛ̌ː.dɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.kaˈme̝.de̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈmi.ði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈmi.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈmi.ði/

Proper noun

Ἑκᾰμήδη • (Hekămḗdē) f (genitive Ἑκᾰμήδης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hecamede, daughter of Arsinous and slave of Nestor

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἑκᾰμήδη; τῆς Ἑκᾰμήδης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑκᾰμήδη hē Hekămḗdē
Genitive	τῆς Ἑκᾰμήδης tês Hekămḗdēs
Dative	τῇ Ἑκᾰμήδῃ têi Hekămḗdēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἑκᾰμήδην tḕn Hekămḗdēn
Vocative	Ἑκᾰμήδη Hekămḗdē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Hecamēdē

Further reading

• “Ἑκαμήδη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἑκαμήδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἑκαμήδη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)