ἑκατηβόλος
τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία → knowledge is the object of our inquiry, the aim of our investigation is knowledge
English (LSJ)
ον, Dor. ἑκατᾱ - (q.v.), epith. of Apollo, Hom., Hes.: as Subst., Il.15.231 ; also of Artemis, h.Hom.9.6. (Expld. by the ancients as, =
A far-darting, Hsch., etc. (or, shooting a hundred βέλη, Id.) ; but perh. originally, hitting the mark at will, cf. ἑκάεργος.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 752] ὁ, weithin treffend, Beiname des Apollo, oft Hom., Hes.; Pind. P. 8, 64, der auch τόξοι Μοισᾶν so nennt, Ol. 9, 5; der Artemis, H. h. 8, 6. Als subst., ὁ (Apollo), Il. 15, 231.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑκᾰτηβόλος: -ον, (ἑκάς, βάλλω) ὁ μακρὰν βάλλων, ἐπίθ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, Ὅμ. καὶ Ἡσ.· ὡς οὐσιαστ., Ἰλ. Ο. 231. - Πρβλ. ἑκηβόλος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui lance ses traits au loin.
Étymologie: ἕκατος, βάλλω.
English (Autenrieth)
(ϝέκατος, βάλλω): fardarting, epithet of Apollo; subst., the ‘far-darter,’ Il. 15.231.
