ἑκκαιδέκατος

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka)     Ordinal : ἑκκαιδέκατος (hekkaidékatos)     Adverbial : ἑκκαιδέκακις (hekkaidékakis)

Alternative forms

• ἐκκαιδέκοτος (ekkaidékotos), ἑξεπικαιδέκᾰτος (hexepikaidékătos), ἑξκαιδέκᾰτος (hexkaidékătos), ἑσκηδέκᾰτος (heskēdékătos)

Etymology

From ἕξ (héx, “six”) +‎ καί (kaí, “and”) +‎ δέκατος (dékatos, “tenth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hek.kai̯.dé.ka.tos/ → /e.cɛˈðe.ka.tos/ → /e.ceˈðe.ka.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hek.kai̯.dé.ka.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ek.kɛˈde.ka.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.cɛˈðe.ka.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ceˈðe.ka.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ceˈðe.ka.tos/

Adjective

ἑκκαιδέκᾰτος • (hekkaidékătos) m (feminine ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τη, neuter ἑκκαιδέκᾰτον); first/second declension

1. sixteenth
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.143

Declension

First and second declension of ἑκκαιδέκᾰτος; ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τη; ἑκκαιδέκᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑκκαιδέκᾰτος hekkaidékătos	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τη hekkaidekắtē	ἑκκαιδέκᾰτον hekkaidékăton		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τω hekkaidekắtō	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τᾱ hekkaidekắtā	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τω hekkaidekắtō		ἑκκαιδέκᾰτοι hekkaidékătoi	ἑκκαιδέκᾰται hekkaidékătai	ἑκκαιδέκᾰτᾰ hekkaidékătă
Genitive		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́του hekkaidekắtou	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́της hekkaidekắtēs	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́του hekkaidekắtou		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τοιν hekkaidekắtoin	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ταιν hekkaidekắtain	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τοιν hekkaidekắtoin		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́των hekkaidekắtōn	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́των hekkaidekắtōn	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́των hekkaidekắtōn
Dative		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τῳ hekkaidekắtōi	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τῃ hekkaidekắtēi	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τῳ hekkaidekắtōi		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τοιν hekkaidekắtoin	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ταιν hekkaidekắtain	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τοιν hekkaidekắtoin		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τοις hekkaidekắtois	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ταις hekkaidekắtais	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τοις hekkaidekắtois
Accusative		ἑκκαιδέκᾰτον hekkaidékăton	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́την hekkaidekắtēn	ἑκκαιδέκᾰτον hekkaidékăton		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τω hekkaidekắtō	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τᾱ hekkaidekắtā	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τω hekkaidekắtō		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τους hekkaidekắtous	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τᾱς hekkaidekắtās	ἑκκαιδέκᾰτᾰ hekkaidékătă
Vocative		ἑκκαιδέκᾰτε hekkaidékăte	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τη hekkaidekắtē	ἑκκαιδέκᾰτον hekkaidékăton		ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τω hekkaidekắtō	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τᾱ hekkaidekắtā	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́τω hekkaidekắtō		ἑκκαιδέκᾰτοι hekkaidékătoi	ἑκκαιδέκᾰται hekkaidékătai	ἑκκαιδέκᾰτᾰ hekkaidékătă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		—				—				ἑκκαιδεκᾰτώτᾰτος hekkaidekătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἑκκαιδέκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑκκαιδέκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἑκκαιδέκατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑκκαιδέκατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • sixteenth idem, page 780.