ἑκάς
hekas
afar, far off
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἑκάς, Adv. A. afar, far off, Il. 20.422, etc.; οὐχ ἑκάς που Ph. 41 ; rare in Prose, 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. P. 8.21, cf. Ph. 907 ; ἑ. ἀπὸ τείχεος Il. 18.256 ; ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου ἑ. 3.41. 2. Comp. ἑκαστέρω farther, Od. 7.321, h.Bacch. 29, Supp. 5.8 (ἐκ-), 6.108, HF 1047 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen., 2.169, al. ; also ἑκαστοτέρω dub. in 15.7 : Sup. ἑκαστάτω farthest, Il. 10.113, 4.33 : c. gen., τοὺς ἑωυτῶν ἑ. οἰκημένους farthest from.., 1.134 ; τῆς Λιβύης ἑ. ἦλθε to the farthest point of Libya, 4.204, cf.9.14. II. of Time, ἑ. ἐών afar, i.e. long after, P. 2.54 ; οὐχ ἑ. χρόνου in no long time, 8.144 ; οὐχ ἑ. Ag. 1650. [ᾰ ; ᾱ only in Ap. 2, in arsi.] (Prob. from ἕ and -κάς as in ἀνδρακάς ; lit. ‘by himself’.)
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