Ἑκάεργος,ὁ, expld. by Gramm. ( EM 319.51 , etc.) as,=ὁ ἕκαθεν εἴργωνorἐργαζόμενος,
Ep. epith. of Apollo, eitherSubst., Il. 1.147 , etc., orAdj., 5.439 , Od. 8.323 , Call Ap. 11 , etc. : fem.,ὦ ἑκάεργε,of Artemis, Ar. Th. 972 (lyr.) :—alsoἙκαέργη, a daughter of Boreas, Call. Del. 292 .
II.
Pythag. name fornine,
ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴργειν τὴν ἑκὰς πρόβασιν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ
Theol.Ar. 58
. (This word and its cognates (e.g.ἑκατηβελέτης), although connected by Greek writers withἑκάς,may have originally contained the stemἑκṇτ-(cf.ἑκών) 'at will'; for the formation ofϝεκἁτ̓-ϝεργός,cf.γυναἱκ̓-μανής.)