ἑπτά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[seven]], <span class="bibl">Il.6.421</span>, etc.; as a mystical number, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1093a13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ ἑ. νῆσοι</b> the [[seven]] largest islands, <span class="bibl">Alex.268</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>837a31</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ ἑ. θεάματα</b> the <span class="title">Seven</span> Wonders, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.33</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">D.S.2.11</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ. σοφισταί</b> the <span class="title">Seven</span> Sages, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 15.109</span>, Aristid.2.311 J.; οἱ ἑ. σοφοί Stob.3.1.172 ; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ</b>. alone, <span class="bibl">D.L. 1.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>286.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ</b>., board of magistrates at Olbia, <span class="title">SIG</span> 495.2 (iii B.C.) ; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ. ἄνδρες</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">septemviri epulones</b>, <span class="bibl">D.C.48.32</span>. (I.-E. <b class="b2">sept[macutenull]</b>, cf. Skt. [[saptá]], Lat. [[septem]] (fancifully connected with <b class="b3">σέβομαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.30</span>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>43) : Hsch. has <b class="b3">τεπτά</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">ηεπτά</b>.) </span>

|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. [[a group of seven]] (of days, years; Arist.); <b class="b3">ἑπταδεύω</b> [[belong to the ἑπτα]] (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]].