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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

  • οἱ γὰρ ἀπὸ μονάδοσ μέχρι τῶν δέκα συντιθέμενοι πεντεκαίδεκα, τρίγωνον ἀπὸ πεντάδοσ· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 14 6:3)
  • οἶμαι δὲ καὶ τὰ πάντα τῶν πέντε παρώνυμα γεγονέναι κατὰ λόγον, ἅτε δὴ τῆσ πεντάδοσ ἐκ τῶν πρώτων ἀριθμῶν συνεστώσησ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 362)
  • χὠ τὰ δὶσ ἑπτὰ νέμων, γλυκερώτερον ἄνθοσ Ἐρώτων τερπνότεροσ δ’ ὁ τρίτησ πεντάδοσ ἀρχόμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 43)

Synonyms

  1. the number five

  2. a group of five

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