ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΔΑ, πενταετηριδα
PENTAETĒRIDA, pentaetērida
Sounds Like: pen-ta-eh-tee-REE-da
Translations: quinquennial festival, a quinquennial festival, period of five years, a period of five years, fifth year, a fifth year
From the root: ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a period of five years, or more commonly, a festival or celebration that occurs every five years. It is often used in the context of games or public events held on a quinquennial basis.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3999 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 5:138
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.
- ΠΕΝΤΑΕΤΗΡΙΔΟΣ — of a five-year period, of a quinquennial festival, of a five-year cycle
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