πεμπταῖος: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">on the fifth day</b>, mostly agreeing with the Subject, <b class="b3">π. ἱκόμεσθα</b> <b class="b2">on the fifth day</b> we came, <span class="bibl">Od.14.257</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Aph.</span>4.36</span>; <b class="b3">π.γεγενημένος</b> born <b class="b2">five days before</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.53</span>; πεμπταῖα λογίζομαι . . γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">D.19.59</span>; <b class="b3">προκεῖσθαι π</b>. to have been <b class="b2">five days</b> laid out as dead, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span> 474</span>; <b class="b3">[νεκροὶ] ἤδη ἦσαν π</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἔκρινεν [ὁ πυρετὸς] πεμπταίοισι</b> came to a crisis <b class="b2">with those who had had it five days</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span> 1.20</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἀπὸ τῆς νίκης, ἐκ γενετῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Fab.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Halc.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">every fifth day</b>, <b class="b3">π. πυρετοί</b> <b class="b2">quintan</b> fevers, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>1.24</span>, cf. Alex. Aphr.<span class="title">Pr.</span>2.10; ποτισμοί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>729.24</span> (ii A.D.).</span>

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