πεντακόσιοι

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
5,000
 ←  400 φ΄
500
600  → 
50
    Cardinal: πεντᾰκόσῐοι (pentakósioi)
    Ordinal: πεντᾰκοσῐοστός (pentakosiostós)
    Adverbial: πεντᾰκοσῐάκῐς (pentakosiákis), πεντᾰκοσῐοντάκῐς (pentakosiontákis)

Etymology

From πεντα- (penta-) +‎ -ακόσιοι (-akósioi)

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

πεντᾰκόσῐοι (pentakósioi)

  1. five hundred

Inflection

Quotations

  • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 7:41:
    Δύο χρεωφειλέται ἦσαν δανειστῇ τινί· ὁ εἷς ὤφειλε δηνάρια πεντακόσια, ὁ δὲ ἕτερος πεντήκοντα.
    Dúo khreōpheilétai êsan daneistêi tiní; ho heîs ṓpheile dēnária pentakósia, ho dè héteros pentḗkonta.
    • Translation by KJV
      There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
  • 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 15:6:
    ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ, ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείους μένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν·
    épeita ṓphthē epánō pentakosíois adelphoîs ephápax, ex hôn hoi pleíous ménousin héōs árti, tinès dè kaì ekoimḗthēsan;
    • Translation by KJV
      After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

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