ἦκα

See also: ἧκα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain; may be related to ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”), ἀκήν (akḗn), ἥκιστος (hḗkistos), ἧσσα (hêssa) and/or Latin sēgnis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.ka/ → /ˈi.ka/ → /ˈi.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/

Adverb

ἦκα • (êka)

1. slightly, a little
2. softly, gently, smoothly
3. softly, low (of sound volume)
4. little by little

Further reading

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