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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

  • Καὶ αὐτὸν ἑλὼν ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐνναετὲσ παιδίον ἀπολιπών, Ἀντίοχον, ᾧ προσέθηκαν ὄνομα εὐπάτωρ οἱ Σύροι διὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸσ ἀρετήν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 8 2:1)
  • " ὁ μὲν δὴ καταπλαγεὶσ ἀνέζευξε, καὶ τὸ τῆσ Ἐλυμαίασ Ἀφροδίτησ ἱερὸν ἐσύλησε, καὶ φθίνων ἐτελεύτησε, παιδίον ἐνναετὲσ ἀπολιπών, Ἀντίοχον τὸν εὐπάτορα, ὥσ μοι καὶ περὶ τοῦδε εἴρηται. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 11 2:10)

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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