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πενταετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πενταετής πενταετές

Structure: πενταετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. five years old
  2. lasting five years, for five years

Examples

  • τριετεῖ δὲ δὴ καὶ τετραετεῖ καὶ πενταετεῖ καὶ ἔτι ἑξετεῖ ἤθει ψυχῆσ παιδιῶν δέον ἂν εἰή, τρυφῆσ δ’ ἤδη παραλυτέον κολάζοντα, μὴ ἀτίμωσ, ἀλλ’ ὅπερ ἐπὶ τῶν δούλων γ’ ἐλέγομεν, τὸ μὴ μεθ’ ὕβρεωσ κολάζοντασ ὀργὴν ἐμποιῆσαι δεῖν τοῖσ κολασθεῖσιν μηδ’ ἀκολάστουσ ἐῶντασ τρυφήν, ταὐτὸν δραστέον τοῦτό γε καὶ ἐπ’ ἐλευθέροισι. (Plato, Laws, book 7 35:1)

Synonyms

  1. five years old

  2. lasting five years

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

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