τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα (tessareskaídeka)     Ordinal: τετρακαιδέκατος (tetrakaidékatos)     Adverbial: τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάκις (tessareskaidekákis)

Alternative forms

• τεσσερεσκαίδεκᾰ (tessereskaídekă) — Ionic
• also as three separate words

Etymology

τέσσᾰρες (téssăres, “four”) +‎ καί (kaí, “and”) +‎ δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tes.sa.res.kǎi̯.de.ka/ → /tes.sa.resˈcɛ.ðe.ka/ → /te.sa.resˈce.ðe.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.res.kǎi̯.de.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.resˈkɛ.de.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.resˈcɛ.ðe.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.resˈce.ðe.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.sa.resˈce.ðe.ka/

Numeral

τεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ • (tessăreskaídekă) (ordinal τετρακαιδέκᾰτος, adverbial τεσσᾰρεσκαιδεκᾰ́κῐς)

1. fourteen
   • 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, Fragmenta 12
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Diseases 3.16

Usage notes

• When written as one word, the τεσσαρεσ- element of τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα is indeclinable; when written as three words, that element declines like τέσσαρες (“four”).

Synonyms

• (fourteen): δεκᾰτέσσᾰρες (dekătéssăres)

References

• “τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fourteen idem, page 341.