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πεντάς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεντάς πεντάδος

Structure: πενταδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: later form of pempa/s.

Sense

  1. the number five
  2. a group of five, pentad

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

  • πεντάδα τὴν σταφυλῆσ εὐρώγεα, καὶ μελιηδὲσ πρώιον εὐφύλλων σῦκον ἀπ’ ἀκρεμόνων, καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην, καὶ ψαιστῶν ὀλίγον δρᾶγμα πενιχραλέων, καὶ σταγόνα σπονδῖτιν, ἀεὶ θυέεσσιν ὀπηδόν, τὴν κύλικοσ βαιῷ πυθμένι κευθομένην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1902)
  • ταύτασ τε οὖν αἱροῦσιν οἱ Λιπαραῖοι καὶ ἄλλασ πέντε ὑστέρασ σφίσιν ἀνταναχθείσασ, καὶ τρίτην νεῶν πεντάδα καὶ ὡσαύτωσ τετάρτην ἐχειρώσαντο. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 16 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. the number five

  2. a group of five

Related

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