τεσσαρακοστός
From LSJ
κακῷ δέ τῳ προσεικάζω τάδε → I think this looks like mischief, these things sound ominous to me, these things sound evil to me, I consider these things ominous, I liken these things to something bad
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A fortieth, Th.1.60, etc.; Dor. τετρωκοστός, ά, όν, Archim.Aren.4.10, al.; also Ion. apparently, SIG167.17 (Mylasa, iv B.C.): but Ion. Τετρηκοστή (pr. n.) GDI5755.5 (ibid.). II ἡ τεσσαρακοστή (sc. μοῖρα): 1 tax of one-fortieth, Ar.Ec.825; ἐπίτροπος τεσσαρακοστῆς MAMA4.113 (Lysias, i/ii A.D.). 2 a fortieth, a coin of Chios, Th.8.101.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1095] der vierzigste; αἱ τεσσαρακοσταί, eine Münze auf Chios, Thuc. 8, 101; – ἡ τεσσαρακοστή, eine Abgabe des vierzigsten Theils vom Vermögen, Ar. Eccl. 825.
