ἑκκαιδεκάς

Ancient Greek

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

ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς • (hekkaidekắs) f (genitive ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δος); third declension

the number sixteen
- C.E. 515–529, Damascius Diadochus, edited by Charles-Émile Ruelle, Ἀπορίαι καὶ λύσεις περὶ τῶν πρώτων ἀρχῶν εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Παρμενίδην [Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles in Plato’s Parmenides], volume II of II, Paris: C. Klincksieck, bibliopola, published 1889, ¶ 382, page 232, lines 16–18:
  Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸ ἰσήλικον διαιροῖμεν εἰς δύο ἀποφάσεις, ἡ ἑκκαιδεκὰς σύμβολον ἔσται τῆς εἰς ἔσχατον μερισμὸν προόδου γενομένης ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργικῆς τετρακτύος.
  Ei dè kaì tò isḗlikon diairoîmen eis dúo apopháseis, hē hekkaidekàs súmbolon éstai tês eis éskhaton merismòn proódou genoménēs apò tês dēmiourgikês tetraktúos.
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Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς hē hekkaidekắs	τὼ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δε tṑ hekkaidekắde	αἱ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δες hai hekkaidekắdes
Genitive	τῆς ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δος tês hekkaidekắdos	τοῖν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δοιν toîn hekkaidekắdoin	τῶν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δων tôn hekkaidekắdōn
Dative	τῇ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δῐ têi hekkaidekắdĭ	τοῖν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δοιν toîn hekkaidekắdoin	ταῖς ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́σῐ / ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́σῐν taîs hekkaidekắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δᾰ tḕn hekkaidekắdă	τὼ ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δε tṑ hekkaidekắde	τᾱ̀ς ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s hekkaidekắdăs
Vocative	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́ς hekkaidekắs	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δε hekkaidekắde	ἑκκαιδεκᾰ́δες hekkaidekắdes
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.