πεντάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

πεντᾰ́ς • (pentắs) f (genitive πεντᾰ́δος); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πεντᾰ́ς; τῆς πεντᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πεντᾰ́ς hē pentắs	τὼ πεντᾰ́δε tṑ pentắde	αἱ πεντᾰ́δες hai pentắdes
Genitive	τῆς πεντᾰ́δος tês pentắdos	τοῖν πεντᾰ́δοιν toîn pentắdoin	τῶν πεντᾰ́δων tôn pentắdōn
Dative	τῇ πεντᾰ́δῐ têi pentắdĭ	τοῖν πεντᾰ́δοιν toîn pentắdoin	ταῖς πεντᾰ́σῐ / πεντᾰ́σῐν taîs pentắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πεντᾰ́δᾰ tḕn pentắdă	τὼ πεντᾰ́δε tṑ pentắde	τᾱ̀ς πεντᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s pentắdăs
Vocative	πεντᾰ́ς pentắs	πεντᾰ́δε pentắde	πεντᾰ́δες pentắdes
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

• πεμπτάς (pemptás)

Descendants

• English: pentad

References

• “πεντάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πεντάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πεντάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette