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ἕκητι , Dor. ἕκα_τι (so always used by Trag., as E.Or.26,al.) : prob. an old case-form, used adverbially, but always with a gen., which usually precedes,
A.by the will of, by means of, by virtue of, Hom. only in Od. (in Il. he uses ἰότητι, but cf. ἀέκητι), and always of gods, Διός..ἕκητι by the grace or aid of Zeus, Od.20.42 ; “Ἑρμείαο .15.319 ; “Ἀπόλλωνός γε .19.86 ; “Διὸς .B.1.6 ; “Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατιA.Eu.759, cf. Ch.214 ; . μὲν δαιμόνων, . δ᾽ ἀμᾶν χερῶν ib.436 (lyr.).
II. in Lyr. and Trag. of things,
1. on account of, for the sake of,ἕκατι ποδῶνPi.N.8.47 ; “κεδνῶν ἕκατι πραγμάτωνA.Ch. 701 ; “ἀρετῆς .S.Ph.669, cf. Tr.274,353 ; “γάμων .E.Med.1235 : in Com., “ὧν . τοῦτ᾽ ἔδωκεTelecl.41.4.
2. as to,πλήθους .A.Pers. 337 ; “κελευμάτων δ᾽ .E.Cyc.655 ; ἐμεῦ μὲν ἕκητι so far as I am concerned, AP11.361.7 (Autom.) ; ἕκητ᾽ ἀλκῆς as far as strength goes, Herod.2.77 : in later Prose, “βιβλίων .Jul. Or.3.124a, cf.119c.
III. = χωρίς, Hsch. (Perh. cogn. with ἑκών.
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