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ἑπταέτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπταέτης ἑπταέτες

Structure: ἑπταετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. of seven years, for seven years

Examples

  • ἀπολειφθεὶσ δ’ ὁ Δημοσθένησ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἑπταέτησ ἐν εὐπορίᾳ μικρὸν γὰρ ἀπέλιπεν ἡ σύμπασα τίμησισ αὐτοῦ τῆσ οὐσίασ πεντεκαίδεκα ταλάντων ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων ἠδικήθη, τὰ μὲν νοσφισαμένων, τὰ δ’ ἀμελησάντων, ὥστε καὶ τῶν διδασκάλων αὐτοῦ τὸν μισθὸν ἀποστερῆσαι. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 4 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. of seven years

Derived

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

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