Hecate

Hécate Hècate English 100 Hekate Alternative forms en various rare or obsolete forms en Ecate, en Echate 15th century en Hecat, en Hecat' Hecat’, en Heccat, en Hekat 17th century Hecatê,Hecaté,Hecatè,Hekate<ll:uncommon> Etymology Via en la Hecatē from en grc Ἑκάτη, possibly the feminine equivalent of grc Ἑκατός or grc ἑκάεργος, an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off",Charles Anthon, A Classical Dictionary (Harper & Brothers, 1869) "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter".P. E. Wheelwright, Metaphor and Reality (1975, 0-253-20122-5 Some rather suggest that the name derives from en grc ἑκών will.Jenny Strauss Clay, in Hesiod's Cosmos (Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-82392-7, lists a number of researchers who associate Hecate's name and "will", e.g. Walcot (1958), Neitzel (1975) and Derossi (1975); she identifies "the name and function of Hecate as the one 'by whose will' prayers are accomplished and fulfilled". This interpretation also appears in Liddell and Scott's A Greek English Lexicon. Pronunciation hĕʹkətē hĕʹkǐt US, en /ˈhɛkəti/ /ˈhɛkɪt/Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Via hĕʹkətē UK, en /ˈhɛkəti/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Hecate.wav US en ɛkɪt US 2 Proper noun en Greek mythology A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia. en astronomy 100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid. Coordinate terms Greco-Roman moon goddess en Trivia, en Artemis/Diana, Selene/Luna, Theia, Phoebe, Pandia, the Menae goddesses of the dead en Melinoe/Mania, Macaria, Persephone/Proserpina Derived terms en Hecatean Hecatic Hecatine Translations Greek goddess Armenian: hy Հեկատե, hy Հեկատա Bulgarian: bg Хеката f Catalan: ca Hècate f Danish: da Hekate French: fr Hécate f Georgian: ka ჰეკატე Greek: el Εκάτη f Ancient Greek: grc Ἑκάτη f Greenlandic: kl Hekate Hungarian: hu Hekaté Inuktitut: iu ᐦᐄᑲᑎ Marathi: mr हेकाटे f Polish: pl Hekate f, pl Hekata f Portuguese: pt Hécate f Russian: ru Гека́та f Serbo-Croatian: sh Хеката, sh Hekata Spanish: es Hécate f Turkish: tr Hekate Ukrainian: uk Гека́та f References Anagrams en aceeht cheeta teache thecae en Asteroids Gods Greek deities Latin la: Alternative forms la Hecata Etymology la Hecatē :bor grc:Ἑκᾰ́τη + 1 Pronunciation Hecatē 1 1 Proper noun Hecatē<1> la Greek mythology en Hecate; daughter of the Titan Perses and Titaness Asteria (sister of Latona); the presider over enchantments, conjurations; a goddess of magic, the night moon, the underworld, and of the haunted crossroad; variously conflated with Roman deities Diana Trivia (crossroads), Luna (moonlight), and Proserpina (Hades) Declension Hecatē<1> Derived terms la Hecatēius la Hecatēïs Further reading 738 3022 la Gods Greece Greek deities