πεμπτάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from πέντε (pénte) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs); compare δυάς (duás), τριάς (triás), τετράς (tetrás), δεκάς (dekás), χιλιάς (khiliás), μυριάς (muriás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pemp.tás/ → /pempˈtas/ → /pempˈtas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pemp.tás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pempˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pempˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pempˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pempˈtas/

Noun

πεμπτᾰ́ς • (pemptắs) f (genitive πεμπτᾰ́δος); third declension

1. the number five
2. a group of five, pentad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πεμπτᾰ́ς; τῆς πεμπτᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πεμπτᾰ́ς hē pemptắs	τὼ πεμπτᾰ́δε tṑ pemptắde	αἱ πεμπτᾰ́δες hai pemptắdes
Genitive	τῆς πεμπτᾰ́δος tês pemptắdos	τοῖν πεμπτᾰ́δοιν toîn pemptắdoin	τῶν πεμπτᾰ́δων tôn pemptắdōn
Dative	τῇ πεμπτᾰ́δῐ têi pemptắdĭ	τοῖν πεμπτᾰ́δοιν toîn pemptắdoin	ταῖς πεμπτᾰ́σῐ / πεμπτᾰ́σῐν taîs pemptắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πεμπτᾰ́δᾰ tḕn pemptắdă	τὼ πεμπτᾰ́δε tṑ pemptắde	τᾱ̀ς πεμπτᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s pemptắdăs
Vocative	πεμπτᾰ́ς pemptắs	πεμπτᾰ́δε pemptắde	πεμπτᾰ́δες pemptắdes
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.

Synonyms

• πεντάς (pentás)

References

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