ἑξηκοντάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑξήκοντᾰ (hexḗkontă, “sixty”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hek.sɛː.kon.tás/ → /ek.si.konˈtas/ → /ek.si.konˈdas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hek.sɛː.kon.tás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ek.se̝.konˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.si.konˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.si.konˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.si.konˈdas/

Noun

ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς • (hexēkontắs) f (genitive ἑξηκοντᾰ́δος); third declension

1. the number sixty
   • Vett., Val. 300.17
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, On the Mysteries 5.8
2. a sixtieth part
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.5.7

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς; τῆς ἑξηκοντᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς hē hexēkontắs	τὼ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δε tṑ hexēkontắde	αἱ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δες hai hexēkontắdes
Genitive	τῆς ἑξηκοντᾰ́δος tês hexēkontắdos	τοῖν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δοιν toîn hexēkontắdoin	τῶν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δων tôn hexēkontắdōn
Dative	τῇ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δῐ têi hexēkontắdĭ	τοῖν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δοιν toîn hexēkontắdoin	ταῖς ἑξηκοντᾰ́σῐ / ἑξηκοντᾰ́σῐν taîs hexēkontắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἑξηκοντᾰ́δᾰ tḕn hexēkontắdă	τὼ ἑξηκοντᾰ́δε tṑ hexēkontắde	τᾱ̀ς ἑξηκοντᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s hexēkontắdăs
Vocative	ἑξηκοντᾰ́ς hexēkontắs	ἑξηκοντᾰ́δε hexēkontắde	ἑξηκοντᾰ́δες hexēkontắdes
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.

References

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