- Greek-English Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑπταετής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: heptaetēs

Principal Part: ἑπταετής ἑπταετές

Structure: ἑπταετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = ἑπτέτης,

Sense

  1. seven years old

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. seven years old

Derived

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION