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ἑξάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑξάς ἑξάδος

Structure: ἑξαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e(/c

Sense

  1. the number six

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἑξάς ἑξάδε ἑξάδες
Genitive ἑξάδος ἑξάδοιν ἑξάδων
Dative ἑξάδι ἑξάδοιν ἑξάσιν*
Accusative ἑξάδα ἑξάδε ἑξάδας
Vocative ἑξά ἑξάδε ἑξάδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Οὐ μικρὰ ὅλωσ οὐδὲ παντάπασιν εὐκαταφρόνητα ὡσ πρὸσ τὴν δύναμιν ἐξετάζεσθαι τῆσ συμπάσησ ἀρχῆσ, εἰ μή σοί γε μικρὸν δοκεῖ τὸ νικᾶν κυβεύοντα καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἐσ τὴν μονάδα κυλιομένου τοῦ κύβου σοὶ τὴν ἑξάδα ὑπεράνω ἀεὶ φαίνεσθαι· (Lucian, Saturnalia, 4:1)
  • εἰή δ̓ ἂν τι καὶ τὸ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ δι’ ἑβδομάδοσ τετράδι πολλαπλασιασθείσησ ἀποτελούμενον, καὶ ὅτι τοῖσ αὑτοῦ μέρεσιν ἴσοσ ὢν μετὰ τὴν ἑξάδα τέλειόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 5 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. the number six

Similar forms

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

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