- ἕκαστος
- ἕκαστοςGrammatical information: pron.Meaning: `every one' (Il.).Other forms: Ϝέκαστος (Gort., El., NWGr., Arc.)Derivatives: Several adv. deriv.: ἑκάστοτε `every time' (Ion.- Att.), ἑκάστοθι `in every place' (γ 8), ἑκασταχοῦ `everywhere' and several formations with χ-suffix, further ἑκαστάκις `on every occasion' (Corc.) a. o.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Prob. with Wackernagel KZ 29, 144ff. (= Kl. Schr. 1, 647ff.; s. also Schwyzer 630 n. 4) from *ἑκάς τις `every one for himself' (cf. εἶς τις `unusquisque'); from *ἑκάς τεο \> ἑκάστου, *ἑκάς τῳ \> ἑκάστῳ arose ἕκαστος etc. together with the superlative in -ιστος - To ἕκαστος, which was analysed as ἕκα-στος, arose ἑκάτερος (Ion.-Att.), Ϝεκάτερος (Gort., Delph.) `everyone of both' (after ἅτερος, πότερος a. o.) with several adverbial deriv., e. g. ἑκατέρωθεν, -ωθι, -ωσε (Ion.-Att. etc.); note ἑκάτερθε(ν) `on both sides' (Il.), after ὕπερθεν, ἔνερθεν a. o. for metrically uneasy ἑκατέρωθεν. S. Schwyzer 627f., Lejeune Les adv. grecs en -θεν 223f., Mastrelli Stud. itfilclass. 27, 8. Now Lazzeroni Ann. di Pisa 2 : 25, 136ff.Page in Frisk: 1,473
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