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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

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • "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

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

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