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ἐνναετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνναετής ἐνναετές

Structure: ἐνναετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/tos

Sense

  1. nine years old, for nine years

Examples

  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ περὶ τοῦ μεγέθουσ ἐμφανίζων, καὶ προεκθέμενοσ τὰ περὶ τοὺσ Ἀλῳάδασ, ὅτι ἐνναετεῖσ ἦσαν τὸ μὲν εὖροσ πηχῶν ἐννέα, τὸ δὲ μῆκοσ τῶν ἴσων ὀργυιῶν, ἐπιφέρει τοὺσ δὴ μηκίστουσ θρέψε ζείδωροσ ἄρουρα καὶ πολὺ καλλίστουσ μετά γε κλυτὸν Ὠρίωνα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 85 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. nine years old

Related

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

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