ἑκηβόλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἑκᾱβόλος, ον, (ἑκών, βάλλω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">attaining his aim</b>, epith. of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Il. 1.14</span>, al. ; also <b class="b3">Ἑκηβόλος</b> alone, ib. <span class="bibl">96</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">Pae.</span>9.38</span>, al. ; of Artemis, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>401</span> ; ἑκηβόλοι Διὸς χέρες <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ion</span> 213</span> (lyr.) ; τόξα <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>711</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>628</span> ; σφενδόναι <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>1142</span> ; ἔθνος ὀϊστῶν <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>4.205</span> ; in later Prose, ἑ. βέλη <span class="bibl">Plb.13.3.4</span> ; μάχαι <span class="bibl">D.H. 10.16</span> ; ἑ. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Luc.</span>28</span> ; τὰ ἑ. <span class="bibl">Onos. 20.1</span> ; <b class="b3">τοξεύματα, ὅπλα</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">Tact.</span>2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Tact.</span>3.3</span> ; τοξόται καὶ ἑκηβόλοι <span class="bibl">Agath.3.17</span> : Dor. Sup. ἑκαβολέστατος Archyt. ap. <span class="bibl">Iamb. <span class="title">Protr.</span>4</span>. Adv. -ιως, τοξεύειν <span class="bibl">Ath. 1.25d</span>. (Understood by later writers as <b class="b2">far-shooting</b> (ἑκάς).)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: surname of Apollon, later also of Artemis (S.), and other things (Il.).<br />Other forms: Boeot. <b class="b3">Ϝεκαβόλος</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑκηβολίη</b>, <b class="b3">-α</b> (Ε 54 in plur.; Call., Str.) and denomin. <b class="b3">ἑκηβολέω</b> (Max. Tyr.). Also <b class="b3">ἑκηβελέτης</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Orph. Fr. 297, 11; cf. <b class="b3">ἑκατηβελέτης</b>).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] <b class="b2">*u̯eḱ-</b> [[will]], [[want]]<br />Etymology: Metrical lengthening (which is necessary) for <b class="b3">*ἑκα-βόλος</b>, in antiquity to <b class="b3">ἑκάς</b> and interpreted as <b class="b2">shooting from afar, -hitting</b> (thus Belardi Doxa 3, 203f.), but like <b class="b3">ἑκά-εργος</b> rather to <b class="b3">ἑκών</b> as <b class="b2">at will hitting</b>; <b class="b3">ἑκηβολίη</b> prop. <b class="b2">sure of hitting</b>, but prob. already by the poet of E 54 taken as <b class="b2">shots from afar</b> (Trümpy Fachausdrücke 114; s. also Porzig Satzinhalte 204 and 210). Cf. [[ἑκάεργος]] and [[Ἐκάβη]].