hecate

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches

   BroaderGreek deity

   Greek mythology

Other forms of hecate

plural

hecates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hecate

What does hecate mean?

hecate means "(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches".

How many syllables are in hecate?

hecate has 2 syllables: he-cate. The stress falls on "he".

Is hecate a common word?

hecate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.