ἕβδομος

See also: έβδομος

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : ἑπτᾰ́ (heptá)     Ordinal : ἕβδομος (hébdomos)     Adverbial : ἑπτάκις (heptákis)

Alternative forms

• ἕβδεμος (hébdemos)

Etymology

From ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), but the medial voicing is unexplained. See ὄγδοος (ógdoos), which also shows medial voicing.

Cognates include Old Church Slavonic седмъ (sedmŭ) (< *sebdmъ < *septmъ)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /héb.do.mos/ → /ˈeβ.ðo.mos/ → /ˈev.ðo.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /héb.do.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)eb.do.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.ðo.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.ðo.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.ðo.mos/

Adjective

ἕβδομος • (hébdomos) m (feminine ἑβδόμη, neuter ἕβδομον); first/second declension

1. seventh

References

• “ἕβδομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕβδομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἕβδομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕβδομος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕβδομος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἕβδομος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1442 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • seventh idem, page 759.