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ἑκάς

ἑκάς, far, afar, far off

ἑκάς, Adv.
  • 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, ἑ. Ἄργεος Il. 9.246, etc.: freq. following its case, 13.263, Od. 14.496, al.; οὐ Χαρίτων ἑ. Pi. P. 8.21, cf. E. Ph. 907; ἑ. ἀπὸ τείχεος Il. 18.256; ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου ἑ. Hdt. 3.41.
      • 2 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 ἑ. οἰκημένους farthest from.., Id. 1.134; τῆς Λιβύης ἑ. ἦλθε to the farthest point of Libya, Id. 4.204, cf. 9.14.
    • II of Time, ἑ. ἐών afar, i.e. long after, Pi. P. 2.54; οὐχ ἑ. χρόνου in no long time, Hdt. 8.144; οὐχ ἑ. A. Ag. 1650. [ᾰ ; ᾱ only in Call. Ap. 2, in arsi.] (Prob. from ἕ and -κάς as in ἀνδρακάς; lit. ‘by himself’.)

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