τρεισκαίδεκα

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka)     Ordinal: τρεισκαιδέκατος (treiskaidékatos)     Adverbial: τρεισκαιδεκάκις (treiskaidekákis)

Alternative forms

• τρεῖς καὶ δέκα (treîs kaì déka), τρισκαίδεκα (triskaídeka)

Etymology

From τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) +‎ καί (kaí, “and”) +‎ δέκα (déka, “ten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /treːs.kǎi̯.de.ka/ → /trisˈcɛ.ðe.ka/ → /trisˈce.ðe.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /treːs.kǎi̯.de.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /trisˈkɛ.de.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /trisˈcɛ.ðe.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /trisˈce.ðe.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /trisˈce.ðe.ka/

Numeral

τρεισκαίδεκᾰ • (treiskaídeka) (ordinal τρεισκαιδέκατος, adverbial τρεισκαιδεκάκις)

1. thirteen

Inflection

• Neuter nominative/accusative: τριακαίδεκα (triakaídeka), τρία καὶ δέκα (tría kaì déka)
• All genders genitive: τριῶν καὶ δέκα (triôn kaì déka)
• All genders dative: τρισὶ καὶ δέκα (trisì kaì déka)

Descendants

• → English: triskaideka-

Further reading

• “τρεισκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρεισκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τρεισκαίδεκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τρεισκαίδεκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τρεισκαίδεκα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • thirteen idem, page 867.