ἐνενήκοντα

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ἐνενήκοντᾰ (enenḗkonta)     Ordinal: ἐνενηκοστός (enenēkostós)     Adverbial: ἐνενηκοντάκις (enenēkontákis)     Collective: ἐνενηκοντάς (enenēkontás)

Alternative forms

• ἐννήκοντᾰ (ennḗkonta) — Epic
• ἐνήκοντᾰ (enḗkonta)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt, from *h₁néwn̥ (whence also ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”)) + *déḱm̥t (whence also δέκα (déka, “ten”). Cognate with Latin nōnāgintā, Old Armenian իննսուն (innsun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ne.nɛ̌ː.kon.ta/ → /e.neˈni.kon.ta/ → /e.neˈni.kon.da/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ne.nɛ̌ː.kon.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.neˈne̝.kon.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.neˈni.kon.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.neˈni.kon.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.neˈni.kon.da/

Numeral

ἐνενήκοντᾰ • (enenḗkonta)

1. ninety

Usage notes

While generally indeclinable, a genitive: ἐνενηκόντων (enenēkóntōn) is attested.

Descendants

• Greek: ενενήντα (enenínta)

References

• “ἐνενήκοντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐνενήκοντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐνενήκοντα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐνενήκοντα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἐνενήκοντα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐνενήκοντα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1768 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ninety idem, page 558.