- ἕνεκα
- ἕνεκαGrammatical information: postpos.Meaning: `becaue, b. of' (Il.); with gen.; on the meaning in Hom. Porzig Satzinhalte 169. On the final cf. εἶτα : εἶτεν, ἔπειτα : ἔπειτε(ν); ἕνεκον after ἔνδον a. o.; through crosses ἕνεκο, -καν, s. Schwyzer 627 w. n. 4, 406, Schwyzer-Debrunner 552.Other forms: ἕνεκεν (esp. postclass.); εἵνεκα, -κεν (Ion.), ἔννεκα (Aeol.; s. below); hell. also ἕνεκε, -κο(ν), -κανDialectal forms: Myk. e-ne-ka.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The analysis as ἕν-Ϝεκα (*Ϝεκα in οὔφεκα οὑκ ἀρεστῶς H. with Schulze Q. 494 n. 3 ?), to ἑκών (s. v.) etc., is refuted by Mycenaean. - Note the interchange ἕν-, ἕιν- (ἔνν- hyperaeolic? or metrical lengthening?). Schwyzer 228, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 161, Bolling Lang. 30, 453f. - οὕνεκα = ἕνεκα esp. in Att. poets from a preceding gen. in -ου through false analysis: τούτοὔνεκα was seen as τούτου οὕνεκα (Schwyzer 413). Since Mycenaean there is no etymology; one suggests *h₁neḱ-.Page in Frisk: 1,513-514
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