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ἑπταετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπταετής ἑπταετές

Structure: ἑπταετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = e(pte/ths,

Sense

  1. seven years old

Examples

  • Ἡρακλέα, ὀψιγόνου οἱ γενομένησ τῆσ παιδόσ, ἐπεί τε δὴ ἐγγὺσ ἔμαθεν ἑωυτῷ ἐοῦσαν τὴν τελευτήν, οὐκ ἔχοντα ὅτῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐκδῷ τὴν παῖδα ἑωυτοῦ ἐπαξίῳ, αὐτὸν μιγῆναι τῇ παιδὶ ἑπταέτεϊ ἐούσῃ, ὡσ γένοσ ἐξ οὗ τε κἀκείνησ ὑπολείπεσθαι Ἰνδῶν βασιλέασ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 9 2:2)
  • πράξασ δ’ οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ἑπταετεῖ γενομένῳ χρόνῳ λόγου καὶ μνήμησ ἄξιον γηραιὸσ ὢν ἀπέθανε καὶ ταφῆσ ἐν τῇ πατρίδι τυγχάνει. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 5 349:3)

Synonyms

  1. seven years old

Derived

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

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