ἑκκαιδεκάς

Ancient Greek edit

Derived from ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás); compare δυάς (duás), τριάς (triás), τετράς (tetrás), δεκάς (dekás), χιλιάς (khiliás), μυριάς (muriás).

ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς • (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.
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Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.