ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΚΟΝ, πενταετηρικον
PENTAETĒRIKON, pentaetērikon
Sounds Like: pen-tah-eh-tay-ree-KON
Translations: five-yearly, quinquennial, a five-yearly festival, a quinquennial festival
From the root: ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that occurs every five years or lasts for five years. It is an adjective, and in this form, it is the neuter singular, often used substantively to refer to a five-yearly event or festival, such as games or celebrations held every five years.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3999 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 8:268
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΚΟΥ — of five years, of a five-year period, quinquennial
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