ἕκαστος
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
η, ον,
A each, opp. the whole body, Il.2.805, etc. : sg. with pl. Verb, ἔβαν οἶκόνδε ἕκαστος they went home each to his own house, 1.606 ; δεδμήμεσθα ἕκαστος 5.878, cf. Hdt.3.158 ; so in Att., Ar.Pl. 785, Pl.Prt.327e, etc. ; ὅτι ἕκαστος ἐπίστασθε ἀγαθόν X.Smp.3.3 : sg. in apposition with pl. Noun or Pron., which expresses the whole, Τρῶας δὲ τρόμος αἰνὸς ὑπήλυθε γυῖα ἕκαστον Il.7.215 ; ὔμμι..ἑκάστῳ 15.109 ; αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες..θαύμαζον..ἑκάστη 18.496, etc. ; Περσίδες δ'.. ἑκάστα..λείπεται A.Pers.135 (lyr.) ; αἱ ἄλλαι πᾶσαι [τέχναι] τὸ αὑτῆς ἑκάστη ἔργον ἐργάζεται Pl.R.346d, cf. Grg.503e ; ὅστις ἕκαστος every one which.. (nisi leg. ὥς τις), Hes.Th.459. 2 the Art. is sts. added to the Subst. (so regularly in earlier Att. Inscrr., IG12.22.14, al., exc. ἑκάστου μηνός ib.6.125) with which ἕκαστος agrees, in which case ἕκαστος is commonly put first, καθ' ἑ. τὴν ἡμέραν every single day, Isoc.12.211, etc. ; περὶ ἑ. τῆς τέχνης Pl.Phdr.274e : also following the Subst., κατὰ τὸν οξπλίτην ἕκαστον Th.5.49 ; κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἑκάστην Id.6.63, al. II in pl., all and each severally, Il.1.550, al., A. Supp.932, etc. ; οἷστισιν ἑκάστοις to whichsoever severally, Pl.Lg. 799a. 2 each of two or more groups or parties, Od.9.164, Hdt. 1.169, A.Pr.491, Th.6.77, etc. III strengthd. by the addition of other Prons., εἷς ἕ. (v. εἷς) ; εἷς τις ἕ. S.Ant.262 ; ἕκαστός τις each one, Pi.N.4.92, Th.3.45, etc. ; ταῦτα ἕκαστα Hdt.5.13, etc. ; αὔθ' ἕκαστα all in exact detail, A.Pr.950. 2 with Preps., esp. κατά, καθ' ἕκαστον singly, by itself, Pl.Tht.188a, al. ; καθ' ἕ. καὶ σύμπαντα Id.Sph.259b ; τὸ καθ' ἕ., τὰ καθ' ἕκαστα, particulars, Arist.Ph.189a6, EN 1143b4, al. ; παρ' ἕκαστον, παρ' ἕκαστα, in every case, Plb.4.82.5,3.57.4, etc. ; παρ' ἕκαστον καὶ ἔργον καὶ λόγον διδάσκοντες Pl.Prt.325d ; παρ' ἕκαστον λέγων constantly interjecting, Men.Epit.48. 3 ὡς ἕκαστοι each by himself, Hdt.6.79, Th.1.15, etc. : in sg., τῶν δὲ ὡς ἑκάστῳ θύειν θέλει Hdt.1.132, cf. Pi.P.9.98 ; οὐχ ὡς ἕ. ἀλλὰπάντες Arist.Pol. 1292a12, cf. 1283b34. IV later, = ἑκάτερος, D.H.3.2 codd. (ϝέκαστος Leg.Gort.1.9, al., Schwyzer 409.4 (Elis), IG9(1).334.9 (Locris). Apptly. connected with ἑκάς by Dam.Pr.423.)
