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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: Popular goddess originating from Anatolia (Caria) (Hes. Th. 411ff., interpol.?; h. Cer.), also identified with Artemis (E. Supp. 676 [lyr.]); cf. Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 722ff.<br />Derivatives: [[Ἐκαταῖος]] `belonging to H.' (S., D.), also [[Ἐκατήσιος]] and [[Ἐκατικός]] `id.' (late); [[Ἐκάταιον]] n. effigy of H., which was put up before the houses or on three-forked roads (Ar.), [[Ἐκατήσιον]] `id.' (Plu.), [[Ἐκατήσια]] n. pl. Hekate-feast (Kos). Several Anatol. PN: [[Ἐκαταῖος]], [[Ἐκατήνωρ]], [[Ἐκατᾶς]] etc. (Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 150f.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Prop. surname, from a cross of [[ἑκατηβόλος]] or [[ἑκηβόλος]] (s. vv.). (I see no reason why it would have had a digamma.) Prob. Pre-Greek.
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