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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

  • οἱο͂ν γὰρ ἐν τῇ δεκάδι αὐτῇ ἔνεισι δέκα μονάδεσ, σύγκειται δὲ καὶ ἐκ τούτων καὶ ἐκ δύο πεντάδων ἡ δεκάσ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 13 125:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ οὐχ ὁ τυχὼν ἀριθμὸσ αὐτὴ ἡ δεκὰσ οὐδὲ σύγκειται ἐκ τῶν τυχουσῶν πεντάδων, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ μονάδων, ἀνάγκη διαφέρειν τὰσ μονάδασ τὰσ ἐν τῇ δεκάδι ταύτῃ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 13 125:2)

Synonyms

  1. the number five

  2. a group of five

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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