τεσσερεσκαίδεκα

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τεσσερεσκαίδεκᾰ (tessereskaídekă)

  1. Ionic form of τεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ (tessăreskaídekă)
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.86:
      οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι τάς τε δὴ Σάρδις ἔσχον καὶ αὐτὸν Κροῖσον ἐζώγρησαν, ἄρξαντα ἔτεα τεσσερεσκαίδεκα καὶ τεσσερεσκαίδεκα ἡμέρας πολιορκηθέντα, κατὰ τὸ χρηστήριόν τε καταπαύσαντα τὴν ἑωυτοῦ μεγάλην ἀρχήν.
      hoi dè Pérsai tás te dḕ Sárdis éskhon kaì autòn Kroîson ezṓgrēsan, árxanta étea tessereskaídeka kaì tessereskaídeka hēméras poliorkēthénta, katà tò khrēstḗrión te katapaúsanta tḕn heōutoû megálēn arkhḗn.