ἦκα

eka

slightly, a little

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3155
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18596
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20440
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23336
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24508
Odyssey 4
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Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17254
Book 18 2
Chapter ?

1892
1894
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20301

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἦκα, Adv.: I. of Place or Motion, slightly, a little, ἦκʼ ἐπʼ ἀριστερά a little to the left, Il. 23.336; ἦ. παρακλίνας κεφαλήν Od. 20.301: hence, generally, softly, gently, ἦ. ἐλάσαι 18.94, cf. 92; ἀπώσατο ἦ. γέροντα Il. 24.508; ἦ. μάλα ψύξασα 20.440; ἦ. κιόντας Od. 17.254; ἦ. βιησάμενος Nic. Al. 226. II. of Sound, softly, low, ἦ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον Il. 3.155; ἦ. μύρεσθαι, μάλʼ ὁμαδῆσαι, A.R. 3.463,565. III. of Sight, softly, smoothly, ἦ. στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ with oil soft-shining, Il. 18.596; ἦκʼ ἐπιμειδήσας soft-smiling, Hes. Th. 547; ἦ. μέλαν slightly black, Opp. C. 3.39. IV. of Time, by little and little, AP 5.278 (Paul. Sil.), Opp. H. 2.67. (Perh. connected with Lat. sēg-nis (for sēg-nis): but Hsch. has γάκα (i.e. ϝᾶκα) · ἡδέως; cf. ἥσσων, ἥκιστος, ἤκιστος, ἠκαῖον, ἤκαλος, ἠκαλέον.)

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