ΗΚ (EK)

ΗΚ is an Ancient Greek form of ἵημι, meaning “to send, let go, hurl”.

It can also be a form of ἦκα, “gently, softly”. It is the adverb.

Found 110 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1036: ἧκʼ ἐπί οἱ πτερὸν ὀξύ· τὸ δʼ ἐν λαιῷ πέσεν ὤμῳ

Aristophanes, Wealth 435: ἆρʼ ἐστὶν ἡ καπηλὶς ἡκ τῶν γειτόνων,

Euclid, Elementa 1.prop.22: … τιν ἴση. καὶ ἡ ΚΖ ἄρα τῇ Α ἐστιν ἴση. πάλιν, ἐπεὶ τὸ Η σημεῖον κέντρον ἐστὶ τοῦ ΛΚΘ κύκλου, ἴση ἐστὶν ἡ ΗΘ τῇ ΗΚ· ἀλλὰ ἡ ΗΘ τῇ Γ ἐστιν ἴση· καὶ ἡ ΚΗ ἄρα τῇ Γ ἐστιν ἴση. ἐστὶ δὲ καὶ ἡ ΖΗ τῇ Β ἴση· αἱ τρεῖς ἄρα εὐθεῖαι αἱ ΚΖ …

All forms of ἵημι (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.