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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πεντα- (penta-) + -ακόσιοι (-akósioi)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pen.ta.kó.si.oi̯/ → /pen.taˈko.si.y/ → /pen.daˈko.si.i/
Numeral
πεντᾰκόσῐοι • (pentakósioi)
- 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.
Further reading
- πεντακόσιοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πεντακόσιοι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πεντακόσιοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4001 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible