πέμπτος

See also: πεμπτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *penkʷtos, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Equivalent to πέντε (pénte, “five”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix), but the Proto-Hellenic labiovelar *kʷ developed into the labial π (p) instead of the dental consonant τ (t).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pémp.tos/ → /ˈpemp.tos/ → /ˈpemb.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pémp.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpemp.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpemp.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpemp.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpemb.tos/

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers

<  δʹ	εʹ	ϝʹ  >
Cardinal : πέντε (pénte)     Ordinal : πέμπτος (pémptos)     Adverbial : πεντάκις (pentákis)

Adjective

πέμπτος • (pémptos) m (feminine πέμπτη, neuter πέμπτον); first/second declension

1. fifth
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.335
2. (feminine substantive)
   1. the fifth day
      • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 800, 801
   2. via quintana, one of the lanes in the Roman camp
      • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 6.30,6

Declension

First and second declension of πέμπτος; πέμπτη; πέμπτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πέμπτος pémptos	πέμπτη pémptē	πέμπτον pémpton		πέμπτω pémptō	πέμπτᾱ pémptā	πέμπτω pémptō		πέμπτοι pémptoi	πέμπται pémptai	πέμπτᾰ pémpta
Genitive		πέμπτου pémptou	πέμπτης pémptēs	πέμπτου pémptou		πέμπτοιν pémptoin	πέμπταιν pémptain	πέμπτοιν pémptoin		πέμπτων pémptōn	πέμπτων pémptōn	πέμπτων pémptōn
Dative		πέμπτῳ pémptōi	πέμπτῃ pémptēi	πέμπτῳ pémptōi		πέμπτοιν pémptoin	πέμπταιν pémptain	πέμπτοιν pémptoin		πέμπτοις pémptois	πέμπταις pémptais	πέμπτοις pémptois
Accusative		πέμπτον pémpton	πέμπτην pémptēn	πέμπτον pémpton		πέμπτω pémptō	πέμπτᾱ pémptā	πέμπτω pémptō		πέμπτους pémptous	πέμπτᾱς pémptās	πέμπτᾰ pémpta
Vocative		πέμπτε pémpte	πέμπτη pémptē	πέμπτον pémpton		πέμπτω pémptō	πέμπτᾱ pémptā	πέμπτω pémptō		πέμπτοι pémptoi	πέμπται pémptai	πέμπτᾰ pémpta
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πέμπτος (pémptos)

References

• “πέμπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πέμπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πέμπτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πέμπτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πέμπτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πέμπτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3991 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fifth idem, page 318.

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Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πέμπτος (pémptos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpemptos/, /ˈpemtos/

Adjective

πέμπτος • (pémptos) m (feminine πέμπτη, neuter πέμπτο)

1. fifth

Declension

Declension of πέμπτος

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πέμπτος •	πέμπτη •	πέμπτο •	πέμπτοι •	πέμπτες •	πέμπτα •
genitive	πέμπτου •	πέμπτης •	πέμπτου •	πέμπτων •	πέμπτων •	πέμπτων •
accusative	πέμπτο •	πέμπτη •	πέμπτο •	πέμπτους •	πέμπτες •	πέμπτα •
vocative	πέμπτε •	πέμπτη •	πέμπτο •	πέμπτοι •	πέμπτες •	πέμπτα •

Related terms

• πέντε n (pénte, “five”)
• πέμπτη f (pémpti, “fifth (gear etc)”)
• Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)

See also

• Greek number and measurement