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Hebdomecontacometae

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἑβδομηκοντακωμῆται (Hebdomēkontakōmêtai, people living in seventy villages), from ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta, seventy) + κωμήτης (kōmḗtēs, villager) (< κώμη (kṓmē, unwalled village)), equivalent to Hebdomēcontacōmē +‎ -tēs in the plural form only.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hebdomēcontacōmētae m pl (genitive Hebdomēcontacōmētārum); first declension

  1. an Ethiopian tribe mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History

Declension

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First-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Hebdomēcontacōmētae
genitive Hebdomēcontacōmētārum
dative Hebdomēcontacōmētīs
accusative Hebdomēcontacōmētās
ablative Hebdomēcontacōmētīs
vocative Hebdomēcontacōmētae