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ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτης ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτες

Structure: ὀκτωκαιδεκαετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/tos

Sense

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

  • ἐμοὶ δὲ διδασκάλῳ ἐχρῆτο πρὸσ τοὺσ λόγουσ, καὶ εἴ γε μὴ ὁ ἔρωσ ἐκεῖνοσ ἀπησχόλησεν αὐτόν, ἅπαντα ἂν ἤδη τὰ τοῦ Περιπάτου ἠπίστατο, ὃσ καὶ ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτησ ὢν ἀνέλυε καὶ τὴν φυσικὴν ἀκρόασιν μετεληλύθει εἰσ τέλοσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 12:10)
  • εἶτα τῷ μὲν Δάμιδι αἰτιωμένῳ τὸν υἱόν, Οὐκ ἄδικα μέντοι ἔπαθεσ, ἔφην, ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ, εἰ τάλαντα ἔχων ὁμοῦ χίλια καὶ τρυφῶν αὐτὸσ ἐνενηκοντούτησ ὢν ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτει νεανίσκῳ τέτταρασ ὀβολοὺσ παρεῖχεσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 13:2)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ βουκολίοισ ὑπάρχων ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτησ τὸν Κιθαιρώνειον ἀνεῖλε λέοντα. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 4 9:11)
  • νέοσ γὰρ δὴ παντάπασιν ἔτυχε τῆσ ἡγεμονίασ ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτησ ὤν, ὡσ ἅπαντεσ ὁμολογοῦσιν οἱ τὰσ περὶ αὐτοῦ συγγράψαντεσ ἱστορίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 56 10:2)

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

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