[Facts] Re: How do you pronounce Hekate/Hecate?
in reply to a message by darkserena17
Most of us Anglos follow that nice Mr Shakespeare, and he makes it easy for us by using metrical verse. So, when he spells it with an -e on the end, it's Heh ca tee, and when he doesn't, as I say for metrical purposes, it's Heh cat.
The one thing it isn't is heh cate where the cate rhymes with gate. In English conventions the final e lengthens the preceding vowel, but not in Greek, where it gets pronounced. Which is why Chloe rhymes with Joey, not with Joe ...
The one thing it isn't is heh cate where the cate rhymes with gate. In English conventions the final e lengthens the preceding vowel, but not in Greek, where it gets pronounced. Which is why Chloe rhymes with Joey, not with Joe ...