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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πεντάς πεντάδε πεντάδες
Genitive πεντάδος πεντάδοιν πεντάδων
Dative πεντάδι πεντάδοιν πεντάσιν*
Accusative πεντάδα πεντάδε πεντάδας
Vocative πεντά πεντάδε πεντάδες

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

  • ἂν γὰρ μὴ διαφέρωσιν, οὐδ’ αἱ πεντάδεσ διοίσουσιν ἐξ ὧν ἐστὶν ἡ δεκάσ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 13 125:3)
  • εἰ δὲ διαφέρουσι, πότερον οὐκ ἐνέσονται πεντάδεσ ἄλλαι ἀλλὰ μόνον αὗται αἱ δύο, ἢ ἔσονται; (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 13 126:2)

Synonyms

  1. the number five

  2. a group of five

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