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 ἄνδρασ διὰ παντὸσ διαστελοῦσιν ἐπιπορευομένουσ τὴν γῆν θάψαι τοὺσ καταλελειμμένουσ ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆσ γῆσ, καθαρίσαι αὐτὴν μετὰ τὴν ἑπτάμηνον, καὶ ἐκζητήσουσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 39:14)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἐπείσθη καὶ ἧκεν ἔχων καὶ τὸν κεραυνόν, ἀνεφλέγη ὁ ὄροφοσ, καὶ ἡ Σεμέλη μὲν διαφθείρεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρόσ, ἐμὲ δὲ κελεύει ἀνατεμόντα τὴν γαστέρα τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἀνακομίσαι ἀτελὲσ ἔτι αὐτῷ τὸ ἔμβρυον ἑπτάμηνον· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:6)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ σὲ ὦ παῖ ἑπτάμηνον ἔτεκον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 69 6:2)

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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