Hecate

== English == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off", "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter". Some rather suggest that the name derives from Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn, “will”). === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: hĕʹkətē, hĕʹkǐt, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/, /ˈhɛkɪt/ (UK) enPR: hĕʹkətē, IPA(key): /ˈhɛkəti/ Rhymes: (US) -ɛkɪt === Proper noun === Hecate (Greek mythology) A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia. (astronomy) 100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Greco-Roman moon goddess): Trivia, Artemis/Diana, Selene/Luna, Theia, Phoebe, Pandia, the Menae (goddesses of the dead): Melinoe/Mania, Macaria, Persephone/Proserpina ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === cheeta, teache, thecae == Latin == === Alternative forms === Hecata === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑκᾰ́τη (Hekắtē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.ka.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.ka.te] === Proper noun === Hecatē f sg (genitive Hecatēs); first declension (Greek mythology) Hecate; daughter of the Titan Perses and Titaness Asteria (sister of Latona); the presider over enchantments, conjurations; a goddess of magic, the night moon, the underworld, and of the haunted crossroad; variously conflated with Roman deities Diana Trivia (crossroads), Luna (moonlight), and Proserpina (Hades) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Hecatēius Hecatēïs === Further reading === “Hecate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hecate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 738. Hecate in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3022 “Hecate”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers