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πέμπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέμπτος πέμπτη πέμπτον

Structure: πεμπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (ordinal) fifth
  2. (feminine substantive), the fifth day
  3. via quintana, one of the lanes in the Roman camp

Examples

  • χίλια, δοιῶν δ’ αὖτε παροιχομένοιο δρόμοιο πέμπτων διπλάσιον Σικελὴν ἐπὶ πορθμίδα λείπει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 129 1:1)
  • καὶ δὴ καὶ μουσικῆσ τὰ μὲν πλεῖστα ὡσαύτωσ διαπεπέρανται, τὰ δὲ ῥαψῳδῶν καὶ τῶν τούτοισ ἑπομένων, καὶ ὅσαι ἐν ἑορταῖσ ἅμιλλαι χορῶν ἀναγκαῖαι γίγνεσθαι, ταχθέντων τοῖσ θεοῖσ τε καὶ τοῖσ μετὰ θεῶν μηνῶν καὶ ἡμερῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν, κοσμηθήσονται τότε, εἴτε τριετηρίδεσ εἴτε αὖ καὶ διὰ πέμπτων ἐτῶν, εἴθ’ ὅπῃ καὶ ὅπωσ ἔννοιαν διδόντων τῶν θεῶν τάξεωσ πέρι διανεμηθῶσιν· (Plato, Laws, book 8 42:1)

Synonyms

  1. fifth

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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