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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

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

  • ἐν τῷ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ δευτέρου μηνόσ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνόσ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐρράγησαν πᾶσαι αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:11)
  • καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἡ κιβωτὸσ ἐν μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνόσ, ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:4)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ μηνὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ γῆ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:14)
  • ἐναρχόμενοι τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸσ τοῦ πρώτου ἀφ̓ ἑσπέρασ ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα ἕωσ ἡμέρασ μιᾶσ καὶ εἰκάδοσ τοῦ μηνόσ, ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:18)
  • Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸσ ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη ἀπὸ τῆσ σκηνῆσ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 10:11)
  • οὐκοῦν εἰκάσ, ᾗ τίθεμεν πυθέσθαι τοὺσ Φωκέασ τὰ παρ’ ὑμῶν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 78:3)
  • τῇ πέμπτῃ δ’ ὁ Ιὤσηποσ, αὕτη δ’ ἦν Ἀρτεμισίου μηνὸσ μία καὶ εἰκάσ, φθάνει παρελθὼν εἰσ τὴν Ιὠταπάταν ἐκ τῆσ Τιβεριάδοσ καὶ πεπτωκότα τοῖσ Ιοὐδαίοισ ἐγείρει τὰ φρονήματα. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 177:2)

Synonyms

  1. The twentieth day of the month

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