Ἑκάτη [ᾰ],ἡ, (ἕκᾰτος)
A. Hecate,lit.she who works her will,
Hes. Th. 411 , h.Cer. 25 , 52 , E. Fr. 955 , etc. ; Ἑ. φωσφόρος
Ar. Fr. 594a
, E. Fr. 968 .
b.
v. ἕκατος.
II. Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον Hecate'sdinner, a meal set out by rich persons at the foot of her statueἐν τριόδοιςon the 30th day of each month, when it became a sort of dole for beggars and paupers, Ar. Pl. 594 et Sch. adloc., cf. Plu. 2.280c , 290d , AB 247 : hence, as it consisted of offal,Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν,of a rapscallion, D. 54.39 , cf. Luc. DMort. 1.1 .