Ἑκάτη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, ([[ἕκατος]]) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[Hecate]], lit. [[she who works her will]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 411</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>25</span>,<span class="bibl">52</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>955</span>, etc. ; Ἑ. φωσφόρος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>594a</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 968</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> v. [[ἕκατος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον</b> <b class="b2">Hecate's</b> dinner, a meal set out by rich persons at the foot of her statue <b class="b3">ἐν τριόδοις</b> on the <span class="bibl">30t</span>h day of each month, when it became a sort of dole for beggars and paupers, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>594</span> et Sch. adloc., cf. Plu.2.280c, 290d, <span class="title">AB</span>247 : hence, as it consisted of offal, <b class="b3">Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν</b>, of a rapscallion, <span class="bibl">D.54.39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>1.1</span>.</span>