ἑξήκοντα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomth₂, from earlier *swéḱs-dḱomt-h₂ (“six-ten”). Cognate with Latin sexāgintā and Old Armenian վաթսուն (vatʿsun).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hekʰsɛ͜ɛ́konta/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hɛkʰséːkonta/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /exsíkonta/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eksíkonta/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eksíkonta/

Numeral

ἑξήκοντα (heksēkonta) Ordinal: ἑξηκοστός, Adverbial: ἑξηκοντάκις

1. (cardinal) sixty

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G1835