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|etymtx=Grammatical information: num., ordinal<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the seventh</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: OCor., Delph. <b class="b3">ἑβδέμα(ν</b>);<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἑβδομα-γενής</b> <b class="b2">born on the 7th day</b>, surname of Apollon (Plu. 2, 717d; <b class="b3">-α-</b> after <b class="b3">ἑβδομαγέτης</b>?).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑβδομαῖος</b> (<b class="b3">ἑβδεμ-</b> Epid.) <b class="b2">appearing on the 7th day, seventhdayfever</b> (Hp. usw.), <b class="b3">-αῖον</b> n. N. feast for Apollon (Chios, Miletos); <b class="b3">ἑβδόμειος</b> <b class="b2">honoured on the 7th day</b> (of Ap. IG 2, 1653), <b class="b3">ἑβδομεύομαι</b> <b class="b2">get your name on the 7th day</b> (Lys.). - <b class="b3">ἑβδόματος</b> (Il.) after <b class="b3">δέκατος</b>, <b class="b3">ἑβδεμάται</b> dat. f. (Epigramm, Argos; Herzog Philol. 71, 6). - On <b class="b3">ἑβδομ-αγέτης</b> s. <b class="b3">ἑβδομήκοντα</b>. <b class="b3">ἑβδομάς</b> f. <b class="b2">number seven (days etc)</b> (Sol., Hp.) with <b class="b3">ἑβδομαδικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the week</b> and <b class="b3">ἑβδομάζω</b> <b class="b2">keep the sabbat</b>, <b class="b3">ἑβδομάκις</b> <b class="b2">seven times</b> (Call.). - Sommer Zum Zahlwort 10ff.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [909] <b class="b2">*s(e)ptm-os</b> [[seventh]]<br />Etymology: The ordinal <b class="b3">ἕβδομος</b>, <b class="b3">ἕβδεμος</b> from IE <b class="b2">*sebdmos</b> (with Greek vowel and IE assimilation for <b class="b2">*s(e)ptmos</b> from <b class="b2">*septm̥</b> [[seven]]) is with OCS [[sedmъ]] identical. With influence of the cardinal, e. g. Lat. [[septimus]], Skt. <b class="b2">saptamá-</b>, Hitt.<b class="b2">šiptam-iya-</b> (a fluidity, s. Friedrich Heth. Wb. s. v., Sommer Zum Zahlwort 23 n.); with loss of the [[t]] and [[pm]] > [[km]] OLith. <b class="b2">sẽkmas</b>. - Cf. [[ἑπτά]].

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