ἑξηκοντάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑξήκοντᾰ (hexḗkonta, “sixty”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hek.sɛː.kon.tás/ → /ek.si.konˈtas/ → /ek.si.konˈdas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hek.sɛː.kon.tás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ek.se̝.konˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.si.konˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.si.konˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.si.konˈdas/

Noun

ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς • (hexēkontás) f (genitive ἑξηκοντᾰ́δος); third declension

1. the number sixty
   • Vett., Val. 300.17
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, On the Mysteries 5.8
2. a sixtieth part
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.5.7

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς; τῆς ἑξηκοντᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς hē hexēkontás	τὼ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δε tṑ hexēkontáde	αἱ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δες hai hexēkontádes
Genitive	τῆς ἑξηκοντᾰ́δος tês hexēkontádos	τοῖν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δοιν toîn hexēkontádoin	τῶν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δων tôn hexēkontádōn
Dative	τῇ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δῐ têi hexēkontádi	τοῖν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δοιν toîn hexēkontádoin	ταῖς ἑξηκοντᾰ́σῐ / ἑξηκοντᾰ́σῐν taîs hexēkontási(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δᾰ tḕn hexēkontáda	τὼ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δε tṑ hexēkontáde	τᾱ̀ς ἑξηκοντᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s hexēkontádas
Vocative	ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς hexēkontás	ἑξηκοντᾰ́δε hexēkontáde	ἑξηκοντᾰ́δες hexēkontádes
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.

References

• “ἑξηκοντάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑξηκοντάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette