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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

  • ὁ δὲ λσ’ πρῶτόσ ἐστι τετράγωνοσ ἅμα καὶ τρίγωνοσ, τετράγωνοσ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑξάδοσ τρίγωνοσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῆσ ὀγδοάδοσ· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 13 1:2)
  • ὁ δὲ τῶν σισ’ κύβοσ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ ἑξάδοσ ἴσοσ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ περιμέτρῳ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 13 5:2)
  • "καὶ πρόσθεσ αὐτοῖσ ἔτι τοσοῦτον, τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐκ δυεῖν τῶν πρώτων κύβων συνηρμόσθαι μονάδοσ καὶ ὀγδοάδοσ, καὶ καθ’ ἑτέραν αὖ πάλιν σύνθεσιν ἐκ δυεῖν τριγώνων, τριάδοσ καὶ ἑξάδοσ ὧν ἑκάτεροσ καὶ τέλειόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 6:2)

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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