τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα
Ancient Greek
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Cardinal: τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα (tessareskaídeka) Ordinal: τετρακαιδέκατος (tetrakaidékatos) Adverbial: τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάκις (tessareskaidekákis) |
Alternative forms
edit- τεσσερεσκαίδεκᾰ (tessereskaídeka) — Ionic
- also as three separate words
Etymology
editτέσσᾰρες (téssares, “four”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tes.sa.res.kǎi̯.de.ka/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tes.sa.resˈkɛ.de.ka/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tes.sa.resˈcɛ.ðe.ka/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tes.sa.resˈce.ðe.ka/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /te.sa.resˈce.ðe.ka/
Numeral
editτεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ • (tessareskaídeka) (ordinal τετρακαιδέκᾰτος, adverbial τεσσᾰρεσκαιδεκᾰ́κῐς)
Usage notes
edit- When written as one word, the τεσσαρεσ- element of τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα is indeclinable; when written as three words, that element declines like τέσσαρες (“four”).
Synonyms
edit- (fourteen): δεκᾰτέσσᾰρες (dekatéssares)
References
edit- “τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- fourteen idem, page 341.