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ἔτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔτης ἔτες

Structure: ἐτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mostly in pl.

Sense

  1. clansmen, the kinsmen of a great house, cousins
  2. a townsman, neighbour, a private citizen

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖσ υἱούσ, τὸν Σήμ, τὸν Χάμ, καὶ τὸν Ἰάφεθ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 5:32)
  • Νῶε δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑξακοσίων, καὶ ὁ κατακλυσμὸσ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:6)
  • Καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεισ Σήμ. καί ἦν Σὴμ υἱὸσ ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὅτε ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀρφαξάδ, δευτέρου ἔτουσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:10)
  • καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἅβραμ, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριοσ, καὶ ᾤχετο μετ̓ αὐτοῦ Λώτ. Ἅβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑβδομηκονταπέντε, ὅτε ἐξῆλθε ἐκ Χαρράν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:4)
  • Ἅβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ὀγδοηκονταέξ, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν Ἄγαρ τῷ Ἅβραμ τὸν Ἰσμαήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:16)

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

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