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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt, from *h₁néwn̥ (whence also ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”)) + *déḱm̥t (whence also δέκα (déka, “ten”). Cognate with Latin nōnāgintā, Old Armenian իննսուն (innsun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ne.nɛ̌ː.kon.ta/ → /e.neˈni.kon.ta/ → /e.neˈni.kon.da/
Numeral
ἐνενήκοντᾰ • (enenḗkonta)
- ninety
Usage notes
While generally indeclinable, a genitive: ἐνενηκόντων (enenēkóntōn) is attested.
Descendants
References
- “ἐνενήκοντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐνενήκοντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐνενήκοντα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐνενήκοντα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἐνενήκοντα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐνενήκοντα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1768 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.