τεσσεράκοντα
From LSJ
Λιμῷ γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστιν ἀντειπεῖν ἔπος → Famem adeo responsare nil contra datur → Erfolgreich widerspricht dem Hunger nicht ein Wort
English (LSJ)
[ρᾰ], Ion. and Hellenistic for τεσσαράκοντα, Hdt.1.166, al., BMus.Inscr.1005 (Cyzicus, iv B.C.), OGI214.53 (Didyma, iii B.C.), etc.; similarly τεσσερακονταεννέα, etc.,
A forty-nine, etc., PSI 10.1140.21 (ii A.D.), etc.; but also Ion. tessara/ϟοντα Schwyzer 707 B 8 (Ephesus, vi B.C.); in Hdt. some codd. usually have this form.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1096] ion. statt τεσσαράκοντα, Her.
