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ὀκτωκαιδεκέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκτωκαιδεκέτης ὀκτωκαιδεκέτου

Structure: ὀκτωκαιδεκετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: e)/tos

Sense

  1. eighteen years old

Examples

  • " τὰν μὲν Κύπρισ ἔχει, τὰν δ’ ὁ ῥοδόπαχυσ Ἄδωνισ ὀκτωκαιδεκέτησ ἢ ἐννεακαίδεχ’ ὁ γαμβρόσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 141)
  • ἆ δείλ’ Ἀντίκλεισ, δειλὴ δ’ ἐγὼ ἡ τὸν ἐν ἥβησ ἀκμῇ καὶ μοῦνον παῖδα πυρωσαμένη, ὀκτωκαιδεκέτησ ὃσ ἀπώλεο, τέκνον ἐγὼ δ’ ὀρφάνιον κλαίω γῆρασ ὀδυρομένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4661)

Synonyms

  1. eighteen 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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