ἑκᾰτηβόλος,ον, Dor.
ἑκατᾱ- (q.v.), epith. of Apollo, Hom. , Hes. : asSubst., Il. 15.231 ; also of Artemis, h.Hom. 9.6 . (Expld. by the ancients as,=
A. far-darting,
Hsch. , etc. (or,shooting a hundred βέλη,Id.) ; but perh. originally,hitting the mark at will,cf.ἑκάεργος.)