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ἑπτέτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπτέτης ἑπτέτες

Structure: ἑπτετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = e(ptaeth/s

Sense

  1. seven years old

Examples

  • ὕστερον τὸν ἀδελφόν, τὸν γνήσιον τοῦ Περδίκκου ὑόν, παῖδα ὡσ ἑπτέτη, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐγίγνετο κατὰ τὸ δίκαιον, οὐκ ἐβουλήθη εὐδαίμων γενέσθαι δικαίωσ ἐκθρέψασ καὶ ἀποδοὺσ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐκείνῳ, ἀλλ’ εἰσ φρέαρ ἐμβαλὼν καὶ ἀποπνίξασ πρὸσ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ Κλεοπάτραν χῆνα ἔφη διώκοντα ἐμπεσεῖν καὶ ἀποθανεῖν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 148:1)

Synonyms

  1. seven years old

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

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