ἕκητι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἕκᾱτι (so always used by Trag., as <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>26</span>,al.) : prob. an old case-form, used adverbially, but always with a gen., which usually precedes, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">by the will of, by means of, by virtue of</b>, Hom. only in Od. (in Il. he uses [[ἰότητι]], but cf. [[ἀέκητι]]), and always of gods, <b class="b3">Διός..ἕκητι</b> [[by the grace]] or [[aid]] of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Od.20.42</span> ; Ἑρμείαο ἕ. <span class="bibl">15.319</span> ; Ἀπόλλωνός γε ἕ. <span class="bibl">19.86</span> ; Διὸς ἕ. <span class="bibl">B.1.6</span> ; Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>759</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>214</span> ; <b class="b3">ἕ. μὲν δαιμόνων, ἕ. δ' ἀμᾶν χερῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">436</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Lyr. and Trag. of things, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[on account of]], [[for the sake of]], ἕκατι ποδῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.47</span> ; κεδνῶν ἕκατι πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 701</span> ; ἀρετῆς ἕ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>669</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>274</span>,<span class="bibl">353</span> ; γάμων ἕ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1235</span> : in Com., ὧν ἕ. τοῦτ' ἔδωκε <span class="bibl">Telecl.41.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[as to]], πλήθους ἕ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 337</span> ; κελευμάτων δ' ἕ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>655</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐμεῦ μὲν ἕκητι</b> [[so far as]] I [[am concerned]], AP11.361.7 (Autom.) ; <b class="b3">ἕκητ' ἀλκῆς</b> [[as far as]] strength [[goes]], <span class="bibl">Herod.2.77</span> : in later Prose, βιβλίων ἕ. <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>3.124a</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">119c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[χωρίς]], Hsch. (Perh. cogn. with [[ἑκών]].) </span>