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ἐννεάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐννεάς ἐννεάδος

Structure: ἐννεαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)nne/a

Sense

  1. a body of nine

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐννεάς ἐννεάδε ἐννεάδες
Genitive ἐννεάδος ἐννεάδοιν ἐννεάδων
Dative ἐννεάδι ἐννεάδοιν ἐννεάσιν*
Accusative ἐννεάδα ἐννεάδε ἐννεάδας
Vocative ἐννεά ἐννεάδε ἐννεάδες

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

  • καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαθουσάλα, ἃσ ἔζησεν, ἐννέα καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 5:27)
  • καὶ ἔζησε Φαλὲγ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ραγαῦ ἐννέα καὶ διακόσια ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱούσ καὶ θυγατέρασ καὶ ἀπέθανε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:19)
  • Καὶ ἔζησε Ναχὼρ ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἑβδομήκοντα ἐννέα καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Θάρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:24)
  • υἱοὶ δὲ Ἰωσὴφ οἱ γενόμενοι αὐτῷ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ψυχαὶ ἐννέα. πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ οἴκου Ἰακὼβ αἱ εἰσελθοῦσαι μετὰ Ἰακὼβ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ψυχαὶ ἑβδομηκονταπέντε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:27)
  • ΠΑΝ τὸ χρυσίον, ὃ κατειργάσθη εἰσ τὰ ἔργα κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐργασίαν τῶν ἁγίων, ἐγένετο χρυσίου τοῦ τῆσ ἀπαρχῆσ, ἐννέα καὶ εἴκοσι τάλαντα καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι εἴκοσι σίκλοι κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 39:1)

Synonyms

  1. a body of nine

Related

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

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