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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

  • "καὶ μὴν ὅτι πάντων ἀριθμῶν πρῶτοσ τέλειοσ, ἡ μὲν τριὰσ ὡσ ἀρχὴν καὶ μέσον ἔχουσα καὶ τέλοσ, ἡ δ’ ἑξὰσ ὡσ ἴση τοῖσ αὑτῆσ μέρεσι γιγνομένη, δῆλόν ἐστι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 3:7)
  • "τούτων τοίνυν ἡ μὲν ἑξὰσ ὑπὸ τῆσ τετράδοσ, ἡ δὲ τριὰσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ὀγδοάδοσ πολλαπλασιασθεῖσα, πρώτου κύβου πρῶτοσ τέλειοσ, τὸ τῶν τεττάρων καὶ εἴκοσι παρέσχηκε πλῆθοσ" ἔτι δ’ αὐτοῦ λέγοντοσ, ὁ γραμματιστὴσ Ζωπυρίων δῆλοσ ἦν καταγελῶν καὶ παρεφθέγγετο· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 3:8)

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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