ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΔΟΣ, πενταετηριδος
PENTAETĒRIDOS, pentaetēridos
Sounds Like: pen-tah-eh-teh-REE-doss
Translations: of a five-year period, of a quinquennial festival, of a five-year cycle
From the root: ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to something occurring every five years, or a festival celebrated every five years. It is a compound word derived from 'πέντε' (five) and 'ἔτος' (year). It is typically used in contexts discussing recurring events or celebrations on a five-year cycle.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 8:269
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΔΑ — quinquennial festival, a quinquennial festival, period of five years, a period of five years, fifth year, a fifth year
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.