ΕΚΑΤΑΙΟΣ, εκαταιος
EKATAIOS, ekataios
Sounds Like: eh-KAH-tah-yoss
Translations: Hecataeus
From the root: ΕΚΑΤΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, referring to Hecataeus, a Greek historian and geographer from Miletus. He was an early writer of prose and is known for his works on geography and mythology. The word is used to refer to this specific historical figure.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:31
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΑΤΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΚΑΤΑΙΟΥ — of Hecataeus
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