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|etymtx=Grammatical information: num.<br />Meaning: [[seven]](Il.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member in copulative <b class="b3">ἑπτακαίδεκα</b>, in <b class="b3">ἑπτακόσιοι</b> (cf. on <b class="b3">διακόσιοι</b>) and in several bahuvrihi's like <b class="b3">ἑπτα-βόειος</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑπτάκι(ς</b>), <b class="b3">-ιν</b> <b class="b2">seven times</b> (Pi.), <b class="b3">ἕπταχα</b> <b class="b2">in seven parts</b> (ξ 434), <b class="b3">ἑπτάς</b> f. <b class="b2">a group of seven</b> (of days, years; Arist.); <b class="b3">ἑπταδεύω</b> <b class="b2">belong to the ἑπτα</b> (Olbia IIIa).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [909] <b class="b2">*septm̥</b> [[seven]]<br />Etymology: On [[ἑβδομήκοντα]], [[ἕβδομος]] s. vv. Gr. <b class="b3">ἑπτά</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">saptá</b>, Lat. [[septem]], Arm. [[ewt]][[n]], Germ., e. g. Goth. [[sibun]] go back on IE <b class="b2">*septḿ̥</b> (accent after IE <b class="b2">*oktṓ</b>[[[u]]] > <b class="b3">ὀκτώ</b>, <b class="b2">aṣṭáu</b>). - See e.g. Wackernagel-Debrunner Ai. Gramm. 3, 356, W.-Hofmann s. [[septem]].

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