ἑκάεργος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: surname of Apollon (Il.), also of Artemis (Ar. Th. 972 [lyr.]).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: By the ancients seen as <b class="b2">far-protecting(?)</b> or [[far-working]] ([[ἑκάς]] and [[εἴργω]] or [[ἔργον]]), but it is rather [[free-working]], [[free-ruling [=waltend]]], i.e. a bahuvrihi of <b class="b3">*ἕκα</b> < <b class="b3">*Ϝέκα</b>, adverb in <b class="b3">-α</b> ([[σάφα]] etc.) to [[ἑκών]] (s. v.), and [[ἔργον]]. - See Bechtel Lex. s. v.; s. also Schwyzer 439 n. 8. Cf. [[ἑκηβόλος]]. - <b class="b3">ἑκα-</b> appears ina few PN, <b class="b3">Ἐκα-μήδη</b> (Hom.), <b class="b3">Ἐκά-διος</b> (Teos) (but <b class="b3">Ϝhεκά-δαμος</b> (Boeot.), with <b class="b3">Ϝεκέ-δαμος</b> (Thess.) and <b class="b3">Ἀκά-δημος</b> Att. is rather Pre-Greek, s.v.; Schwyzer 226 a. 256, Lejeune Traité de phon. 208).