ἑκάεργος
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
German (Pape)
[Seite 751] ὁ, der Fernwirkende, fern hin Treffende, Apollon bei Hom., Pind. P. 9, 29. Bei Sp. heißt auch Ἑκαέργη die Artemis, s. nom. pr.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
qui repousse au loin (avec ses flèches), ép. d’Apollon ; ὁ Ἑκάεργος le dieu qui repousse au loin.
Étymologie: p. *ϜεκάϜεργος, de ἑκάς, εἴργω.
English (Autenrieth)
(ϝεκάς, ϝέργον): far- working, far-worker, epith. of Apollo, the ‘far-darter.’ Some moderns are disposed to set aside the traditional interpretation in favor of new ones, in regard to which, however, they do not agree among themselves.
English (Slater)
ἑκᾰεργος
1 who works from afar epith. of Apollo. εὐρυφαρέτρας ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων (P. 9.28) Ἑκαέρ[γ Πα. 7B. 35.
