- ἑκηβόλος
- ἑκηβόλοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: surname of Apollon, later also of Artemis (S.), and other things (Il.).Other forms: Boeot. ϜεκαβόλοςDerivatives: ἑκηβολίη, -α (Ε 54 in plur.; Call., Str.) and denomin. ἑκηβολέω (Max. Tyr.). Also ἑκηβελέτης `id.' (Orph. Fr. 297, 11; cf. ἑκατηβελέτης).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] *u̯eḱ- `will, want'Etymology: Metrical lengthening (which is necessary) for *ἑκᾰ-βόλος, in antiquity to ἑκάς and interpreted as `shooting from afar, -hitting' (thus Belardi Doxa 3, 203f.), but like ἑκά-εργος rather to ἑκών as `at will hitting'; ἑκηβολίη prop. `sure of hitting', but prob. already by the poet of E 54 taken as `shots from afar' (Trümpy Fachausdrücke 114; s. also Porzig Satzinhalte 204 and 210). Cf. ἑκάεργος and Έκάβη.Page in Frisk: 1,476
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.