ἑξήκοντα

Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
600
 ←  50  ←  59 ξʹ
60
61  →  70  → 
6
    Cardinal: ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta)
    Ordinal: ἑξηκοστός (hexēkostós)
    Adverbial: ἑξηκοντάκις (hexēkontákis)
    Collective: ἑξηκοντάς (hexēkontás)

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Etymology

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From the Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomth₂, from the earlier *swéḱs-dḱomt-h₂ (six-ten); see *swéḱs(d)ḱomt. Cognate with the Latin sexāgintā and the Old Armenian վաթսուն (vatʻsun).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ἑξήκοντᾰ (hexḗkonta) (ordinal ἑξηκοστός, adverbial ἑξηκοντάκις)

  1. sixty

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Noun

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ἑξήκοντᾰ (hexḗkontam pl (indeclinable)

  1. a college of γελωτοποιοί at Athens

Declension

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