Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δεκάμηνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεκάμηνος δεκάμηνη δεκάμηνον

Structure: δεκαμην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mh/n

Sense

  1. ten months old
  2. in the tenth month

Examples

  • διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ δεκάμηνα γόνιμα καὶ τὰ ἑπτάμηνα τῆσ φύσεωσ τοῦ κόσμου οὕτω μεμελετηκυίασ, αὔξεσθαι ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ τίθεται νυκτὶ τὸ βρέφοσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1:3)
  • διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ ἑπτάμηνα ὄντα καὶ δεκάμηνα γόνιμα εἶναι· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. ten months old

  2. in the tenth month

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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