Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀθηναίοισ καὶ Πελοποννησίοισ πενταετεῖσ ἐγένοντο σπονδαί, Κίμωνοσ τοῦ Ἀθηναίου συνθεμένου ταύτασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 81 36:2)

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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