ἕκητι, Dor.
ἕκᾱτι(so always used by Trag., as E. Or. 26 ,al.) : prob. an old case-form, used adverbially, but always with a gen., which usually precedes,
A. by the will of, by means of, by virtue of,
Hom. only in Od. (in Il. he usesἰότητι,but cf.ἀέκητι), and always of gods,Διός..ἕκητι by the graceoraidof Zeus, Od. 20.42 ; Ἑρμείαο ἕ.
15.319
; Ἀπόλλωνός γε ἕ.
19.86
; Διὸς ἕ.
B. 1.6
; Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατι
A. Eu. 759
, cf. Ch. 214 ;ἕ. μὲν δαιμόνων, ἕ. δ' ἀμᾶν χερῶνib. 436 (lyr.).
II. in Lyr. and Trag. of things,
1. on account of, for the sake of,
ἕκατι ποδῶν