ἑβδομήκοντα: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: num.<br />Meaning: [[seventy]] (Hdt.).<br />Other forms: Dor. (Delphi, Tab. Heracl. IVa) <b class="b3">ἑβδεμ-</b><br />Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">ἑβδομηκοντ-άρουρος</b> (pap.) etc.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑβδομηκοστός</b> <b class="b2">the seventieth</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">ἑβδομηκοντάκις</b> <b class="b2">seventy times</b> (LXX).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [909] <b class="b2">*septm-dḱmt-</b> [[seventy]]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">*ἑβδμήκοντα</b> from IE <b class="b2">*sebdm-dkmt-</b> where the vocalic <b class="b2">-m-</b> followed by the (glottalic element of the) preglottalized <b class="b2">-d-</b> gave <b class="b3">-μη-</b>, just like <b class="b2">-m̥h₁-</b>. See Kortlandt, MSS 42 (1983)97-104. See further on <b class="b3">ἑβδομος</b>. Cf. <b class="b3">ἐνενήκοντα</b>; it gave <b class="b3">ε-</b> in [[ἑκατόν]], s.v.

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