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εἰκάς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰκάς εἰκάδος

Structure: εἰκαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/kosi

Sense

  1. The twentieth day of the month
  2. (in the plural) The last ten days of the month

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εἰκάς εἰκάδε εἰκάδες
Genitive εἰκάδος εἰκάδοιν εἰκάδων
Dative εἰκάδι εἰκάδοιν εἰκάσιν*
Accusative εἰκάδα εἰκάδε εἰκάδας
Vocative εἰκά εἰκάδε εἰκάδες

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

  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἀπόλλυμαι ὁρῶν ἄγουσαν τὴν σελήνην εἰκάδασ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 1:13)
  • οἱ δ’ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ τήν περὶ Νάξον ἐνίκων ναυμαχίαν, ἧσ Χαβρίασ ἐστρατήγει, τοῦ Βοηδρομιῶνοσ περὶ τήν πανσέληνον, ἐν δὲ Σαλαμῖνι περὶ τὰσ εἰκάδασ, ὡσ ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἡμερῶν ἀποδέδεικται. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 19 3:2)
  • Πρὸσ τοὺσ φυσικοὺσ καὶ μαθηματικοὺσ καὶ γραμματικοὺσ καὶ Γονὰσ Ἐπικούρου καὶ Τὰσ θρησκευομένασ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν εἰκάδασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. h'. MENIPPOS 3:8)

Synonyms

  1. The twentieth day of the month

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