ἐννεάς
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ,
A body of nine, Theoc.17.84 (pl.), AP7.17 (Tull. Laur.); ἡ ὑμνουμένη ἐ. ἐν τῷ νοητῷ Dam.Pr.117: Porph. divided the works of his master Plotinus into six enneads, Plot.24. II the number nine, Plu.2.726d,744a, Nicom.Ar.1.19, etc. III the ninth day of the month, v. εἰνάς.
German (Pape)
[Seite 847] άδος, ἡ, die Zahl Neun, eine Anzahl von Neun, Theocr. 17, 84 u. a. Sp., s. εἰνάς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐννεάς: -άδος, ἡ, οὐσ. ἀριθ. τοῦ ἐννέα, ὡς τὸ δυὰς τοῦ δύο, τὸ τριὰς τοῦ τρία κτλ., Θεόκρ. 17. 84, Ἀνθ. Π. 7, 17, Πλούτ. 2. 736C. Ὁ Πορφύριος διῄρει τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διδασκάλου αὑτοῦ Πλωτίνου εἰς ἓξ ἐννεάδας, Βίος Πλωτ. 24. ΙΙ. ἡ ἐνάτη ἡμέρα τοῦ μηνός, ἴδε εἰνάς.
French (Bailly abrégé)
άδος (ἡ) :
1 groupe de neuf, neuvaine;
2 le nombre neuf.
Étymologie: ἐννέα.
