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τεσσαρακοστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεσσαρακοστός τεσσαρακοστή τεσσαρακοστόν

Structure: τεσσαρακοστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fortieth
  2. a fortieth

Declension

First/Second 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

  • καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ παρέλαβε τὰσ ἡμίσεισ τῶν δυνάμεων τὰσ καταλειφθείσασ καὶ ἀπῇρεν ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείασ ἀπὸ πόλεωσ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ, ἔτουσ ἑβδόμου καὶ τεσσαρακοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ, καὶ διεπέρασε τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν καὶ διεπορεύετο τὰσ ἐπάνω χώρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:37)
  • καὶ ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωί̈ τῇ πέμπτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸσ τοῦ ἐνάτου τοῦ ὀγδόου καὶ τεσσαρακοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ ἔτους (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 4:52)
  • καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ Ἀντίοχοσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἔτουσ ἐνάτου καὶ τεσσαρακοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:16)
  • ἔρρωσθε. ἔτουσ ἑκατοστοῦ τεσσαρακοστοῦ ὀγδόου, Διοσκορινθίου τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι». (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:21)
  • ἔρρωσθε. ἔτουσ ἑκατοστοῦ τεσσαρακοστοῦ ὀγδόου, Ξανθικοῦ πέμπτῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ». (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:33)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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