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ἐνναετηρίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνναετηρίς ἐνναετηρίδος

Structure: ἐνναετηριδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/tos

Sense

  1. a period of nine years

Examples

  • τρεῖσ ἄγουσι Δελφοὶ ἐνναετηρίδασ κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆσ, ὧν τὴν μὲν Σεπτήριον καλοῦσι, τὴν δ’ Ἡρωίδα, τὴν δὲ Χάριλλαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 122)
  • τρεῖσ ἄγουσι Δελφοὶ ἐνναετηρίδασ κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆσ, ὧν τὴν μὲν Στεπτήριον καλοῦσι, τὴν δ’ Ἡρωίδα, τὴν δὲ Χάριλαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 121)

Synonyms

  1. a period of nine years

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

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