ἕβδομος

See also: έβδομος

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
    Ordinal : ἕβδομος (hébdomos)
    Adverbial : ἑπτάκις (heptákis)

Alternative forms

  • ἕβδεμος (hébdemos)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hébdomos, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥mós (seventh),[1] with medial voicing (the -bd- cluster) perhaps by influence from the following nasal. See ὄγδοος (ógdoos), which also shows medial voicing, and Old Church Slavonic седмъ (sedmŭ) (< *sebdmъ < *septmъ), with the same voicing.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἕβδομος • (hébdomosm (feminine ἑβδόμη, neuter ἕβδομον); first/second declension

  1. seventh

Declension

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕβδομος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368

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