Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑπτάμηνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπτάμηνος ἑπτάμηνον

Structure: ἑπταμην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mh/n

Sense

  1. born in the seventh month

Examples

  • καὶ διακοσίων ἀριθμόν, ἐν ὅσαισ ἡμέραισ λέγεται τὰ ἑπτάμηνα τῶν βρεφῶν τελεογονεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 12 10:1)
  • διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ δεκάμηνα γόνιμα καὶ τὰ ἑπτάμηνα τῆσ φύσεωσ τοῦ κόσμου οὕτω μεμελετηκυίασ, αὔξεσθαι ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ τίθεται νυκτὶ τὸ βρέφοσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1:3)
  • οὕτω καὶ τὰ ἑπτάμηνα νομίζεσθαι, οὐκ ὄντα ἑπτάμηνα ἔγνω τε γὰρ καὶ μετὰ τὴν σύλληψιν πόσαι καθάρσεισ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 2:2)
  • διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ ἑπτάμηνα ὄντα καὶ δεκάμηνα γόνιμα εἶναι· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. born in the seventh month

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

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