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πεντηκοστή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεντηκοστή πεντηκοστῆς

Structure: πεντηκοστ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. Pentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which means "Festival of Weeks" and is the "fiftieth day" after Passover.

Declension

First 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

  • οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐρεῖ γ’ ὡσ τοὺσ τοιούτουσ οὐ καὶ προσήκει καὶ οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσιν ταῖσ μεγίσταισ τιμωρίαισ ἐνόχουσ εἶναι, οὐδ’ ὡσ οὗτοι, ὑπὲρ ὧν εὑρ́ηκε τὸν νόμον, οὐ καὶ κλέπται καὶ ἱερόσυλοί εἰσιν, τὰ μὲν ἱερά, τὰσ δεκάτασ τῆσ θεοῦ καὶ τὰσ πεντηκοστὰσ τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν, σεσυληκότεσ καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτοὶ ἔχοντεσ, τὰ δ’ ὅσια, ἃ ἐγίγνετο ὑμέτερα, κεκλοφότεσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 177:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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