ἑκκαιδεκάς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editDerived from ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás); compare δυάς (duás), τριάς (triás), τετράς (tetrás), δεκάς (dekás), χιλιάς (khiliás), μυριάς (muriás).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hek.kai̯.de.kás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ek.kɛ.deˈkas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.cɛ.ðeˈkas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ce.ðeˈkas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ce.ðeˈkas/
Noun
editἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς • (hekkaidekás) f (genitive ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δος); third declension
- the number sixteen
- C.E. 515–529, Damascius Diadochus, edited by Charles-Émile Ruelle, Ἀπορίαι καὶ λύσεις περὶ τῶν πρώτων ἀρχῶν εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Παρμενίδην [Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles in Plato’s Parmenides], volume II of II, Paris: C. Klincksieck, bibliopola, published 1889, ¶ 382, page 232, lines 16–18:
- Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸ ἰσήλικον διαιροῖμεν εἰς δύο ἀποφάσεις, ἡ ἑκκαιδεκὰς σύμβολον ἔσται τῆς εἰς ἔσχατον μερισμὸν προόδου γενομένης ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργικῆς τετρακτύος.
- Ei dè kaì tò isḗlikon diairoîmen eis dúo apopháseis, hē hekkaidekàs súmbolon éstai tês eis éskhaton merismòn proódou genoménēs apò tês dēmiourgikês tetraktúos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς hē hekkaidekás |
τὼ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δε tṑ hekkaidekáde |
αἱ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δες hai hekkaidekádes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δος tês hekkaidekádos |
τοῖν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δοιν toîn hekkaidekádoin |
τῶν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δων tôn hekkaidekádōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δῐ têi hekkaidekádi |
τοῖν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δοιν toîn hekkaidekádoin |
ταῖς ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́σῐ / ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́σῐν taîs hekkaidekási(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δᾰ tḕn hekkaidekáda |
τὼ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δε tṑ hekkaidekáde |
τᾱ̀ς ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s hekkaidekádas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς hekkaidekás |
ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δε hekkaidekáde |
ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δες hekkaidekádes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → French: hekkaidécades[1], [2]
- → German: Hekkaidekade[1]
- → Italian: eccaidecadi[1]
References
edit- “ἑκκαιδεκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἑκκαιδεκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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