tessaracoste

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τεσσαρακοστή (tessarakostḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.raˈkos.teː/, [t̪ɛs̠ːäräˈkɔs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.raˈkos.te/, [t̪esːäräˈkɔst̪e]

Noun

tessaracostē f (genitive tessaracostēs); first declension

1. (Late Latin) the fortieth day

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	tessaracostē	tessaracostae
genitive	tessaracostēs	tessaracostārum
dative	tessaracostae	tessaracostīs
accusative	tessaracostēn	tessaracostās
ablative	tessaracostē	tessaracostīs
vocative	tessaracostē	tessaracostae

Related terms

• pentēcostē

References

• “tessaracoste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tessaracoste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.