ἑκάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[afar]], [[far off]], Il.20.422, etc.; οὐχ ἑκάς που S.''Ph.''41; rare in Prose, Th.1.69,80 (and later, Nic.Dam.p.6D.): c. gen., [[far from]], [[far away from]], ἑκὰς Ἄργεος Il.9.246, etc.: freq. following its case, 13.263, Od.14.496, al.; οὐ Χαρίτων ἑκάς Pi.''P.''8.21, cf. E.''Ph.''907; ἑκὰς ἀπὸ τείχεος Il.18.256; ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου ἑκάς Hdt.3.41.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Comp. ἑκαστέρω [[farther]], Od.7.321, ''h.Bacch.''29, Alc.''Supp.''5.8 (ἐκ-), Hdt.6.108, E.''HF''1047 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen., Hdt.2.169, al.; also [[ἑκαστοτέρω]] dub. in Theoc.15.7: Sup. [[ἑκαστάτω]] = [[farthest]], Il.10.113, Hdt.4.33: c. gen., τοὺς ἑωυτῶν ἑκὰς οἰκημένους = [[farthest from]].., Id.1.134; <b class="b3">τῆς Λιβύης ἑκὰς ἦλθε</b> [[to the farthest point]] of Libya, Id.4.204, cf.9.14.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[ἑκὰς ἐών]] = [[afar]], i.e. [[long after]], Pi.''P.''2.54; [[οὐχ ἑκὰς χρόνου]] = [[in no long time]], Hdt.8.144; οὐχ ἑκὰς A.''Ag.''1650. <b class="b3">[ᾰ ; ᾱ</b> only in Call.''Ap.''2, in arsi.] (Prob. from ἕ and -κάς as in [[ἀνδρακάς]]; lit. 'by himself'.)