ἕξ

See also: εξ, εξ-, ἐξ, and ἐξ-

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: ἕξ (héx)     Ordinal: ἕκτος (héktos)     Adverbial: ἑξᾰ́κῐς (hexắkĭs)     Collective: ἑξᾰ́ς (hexắs)

Alternative forms

• ϝέξ (wéx) (Doric)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Latin sex, and Old English six (English six).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /héks/ → /eks/ → /eks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /héks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eks/

Numeral

ἕξ • (héx) (ordinal ἕκτος, adverbial ἑξᾰ́κῐς)

1. six

Derived terms

• ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi)

Descendants

• English: hexa-, exa-
• Greek: έξι (éxi)
• Mariupol Greek: экс (eks)

References

• “ἕξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἕξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἕξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἕξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1803 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.
  • six idem, page 780.