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ἑκκαιδέκατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκκαιδέκατος ἑκκαιδέκατη ἑκκαιδέκατον

Structure: ἑκκαιδεκατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (ordinal) sixteenth

Declension

First/Second 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

  • οὗτόσ ἐστι Τουβέρων ὃν ἔφαμεν μετὰ συγγενῶν οἰκεῖν ἑκκαιδέκατον, ἀπὸ γηδίου μικροῦ διατρεφομένων ἁπάντων. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 28 7:1)
  • πρότερον δὲ Ἑκαταίῳ τῷ λογοποιῷ ἐν Θήβῃσι γενεηλογήσαντί τε ἑωυτὸν καὶ ἀναδήσαντι τὴν πατριὴν ἐσ ἑκκαιδέκατον θεὸν ἐποίησαν οἱ ἱρέεσ τοῦ Διὸσ οἱο͂́ν τι καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐ γενεηλογήσαντι ἐμεωυτόν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 143 2:1)
  • Ἑκαταίῳ δὲ γενεηλογήσαντι ἑωυτὸν καὶ ἀναδήσαντι ἐσ ἑκκαιδέκατον θεὸν ἀντεγενεηλόγησαν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀριθμήσι, οὐ δεκόμενοι παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θεοῦ γενέσθαι ἄνθρωπον· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 143 5:1)
  • Ἀγρίππασ μὲν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺσ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ κατέστρεψεν τὸν βίον, γένει δὲ αὐτῷ κατελέλειπτο υἱὸσ μὲν Ἀγρίππασ ἄγων ἔτοσ ἑπτακαιδέκατον, τρεῖσ δὲ θυγατέρεσ, ὧν ἡ μὲν Ἡρώδῃ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἀδελφῷ γεγάμητο Βερενίκη τὸ ἑκκαιδέκατον ἔτοσ γεγονυῖα, παρθένοι δ’ ἦσαν αἱ δύο Μαριάμμη τε καὶ Δρούσιλλα, δεκαετὴσ μὲν ἡ ἑτέρα, ἑξαετὴσ δὲ Δρούσιλλα· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 414:1)

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