ἕκαστος

See also: έκαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

Possibly altered from *ἕκαστις (*hékastis) because of its similarity to superlative adjectives -ιστος (-istos), from ἑκάς (hekás, “far off”) +‎ τις (tis, “someone”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.kas.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɛ.kas.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kas.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kas.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kas.tos/

Determiner

ἕκᾰστος • (hékastos)

each, every

Inflection

First and second declension of ἕκᾰστος; ἑκᾰ́στη; ἕκᾰστον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἕκᾰστος hékastos	ἑκᾰ́στη hekástē	ἕκᾰστον hékaston	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekástā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἕκᾰστοι hékastoi	ἕκᾰσται hékastai	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékasta
Genitive	ἑκᾰ́στου hekástou	ἑκᾰ́στης hekástēs	ἑκᾰ́στου hekástou	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin	ἑκᾰ́σταιν hekástain	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin	ἑκᾰ́στων hekástōn	ἑκᾰ́στων hekástōn	ἑκᾰ́στων hekástōn
Dative	ἑκᾰ́στῳ hekástōi	ἑκᾰ́στῃ hekástēi	ἑκᾰ́στῳ hekástōi	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin	ἑκᾰ́σταιν hekástain	ἑκᾰ́στοιν hekástoin	ἑκᾰ́στοις hekástois	ἑκᾰ́σταις hekástais	ἑκᾰ́στοις hekástois
Accusative	ἕκᾰστον hékaston	ἑκᾰ́στην hekástēn	ἕκᾰστον hékaston	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekástā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στους hekástous	ἑκᾰ́στᾱς hekástās	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékasta
Vocative	ἕκᾰστε hékaste	ἑκᾰ́στη hekástē	ἕκᾰστον hékaston	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἑκᾰ́στᾱ hekástā	ἑκᾰ́στω hekástō	ἕκᾰστοι hékastoi	ἕκᾰσται hékastai	ἕκᾰστᾰ hékasta
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἑκᾰ́στως hekástōs			ἑκᾰστότερος hekastóteros			ἑκᾰστότᾰτος hekastótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

French: panécastique
Greek: έκαστος (ékastos)

References

ἕκαστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἕκαστος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἕκαστος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἕκαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἕκαστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἕκαστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
ἕκαστος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1538 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- each idem, page 258.
- every idem, page 285.
- every one idem, page 285.
- individual idem, page 434.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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