afar, far off,
ἑκάς,Adv.
A. afar, far off,
Il. 20.422 , etc.; οὐχ ἑκάς που
S. Ph. 41
; rare in Prose, Th. 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.
Pi. P. 8.21
, cf. E. Ph. 907 ; ἑ. ἀπὸ τείχεος
Il. 18.256
; ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου ἑ.
Hdt. 3.41
.
2.
Comp.
ἑκαστέρω farther,
Od. 7.321
, h.Bacch. 29 , Alc. Supp. 5.8 (ἐκ-), Hdt. 6.108 , E. HF 1047 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen., Hdt. 2.169 , al. ; alsoἑκαστοτέρωdub. in Theoc. 15.7 : Sup.
ἑκαστάτω farthest,
Il. 10.113
, Hdt. 4.33 : c. gen., τοὺς ἑωυτῶν ἑ. οἰκημένους farthest from..,
Id. 1.134
;τῆς Λιβύης ἑ. ἦλθε to the farthest pointof Libya, Id. 4.204 , cf. 9.14 .
II. of Time,ἑ. ἐών afar,i.e.long after,
Pi. P. 2.54 ;οὐχ ἑ. χρόνουin nolongtime, Hdt. 8.144 ; οὐχ ἑ.
A. Ag. 1650
. [ᾰ ; ᾱonly in Call. Ap. 2 , in arsi.] (Prob. fromἕand-κάςas inἀνδρακάς; lit. 'by himself'.)
