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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fiftieth]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span> 175b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. [[πεντηκοστή]], ἡ, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> (sc. [[μερίς]]), [[fiftieth part]] : hence, [[tax of two per cent]]. on exports and imports, at Athens, <span class="bibl">And.1.133</span>, <span class="bibl">D.59.27</span> : pl., <span class="bibl">Id.24.120</span> ; ἐς Ἀθάνας πεντηκοστὰ τῶν λίθων <span class="title">IG</span> 42(1).103.46 (Epid.) ; at Delos, ib.22.1635.38 (iv B. C.), 11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span> 26 (iii B. C.) ; at Halicarnassus, <span class="title">OGI</span> 46.12 (iii B. C.) ; <b class="b3">τῶν πρηθέντων τελείτω π</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span> 229.5 (Erythrae, iv B. C.) ; = Lat. [[quinquagesima]], <span class="bibl">D.C.55.31</span> (s. v. l.) : metaph., <b class="b3">ταύτην ευὕρηκε Μειδίας καινὴν ἱππικήν τινα πεντηκοστήν</b> invented a new sort of [[composition of two per cent]]. in lieu of his cavalry service, i. e. paid this instead of it, <span class="bibl">D.21.166</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> (sc. [[ἡμέρα]]), [[fiftieth day]] (after the Passover), <span class="title">Pentecost</span>, LXX 2 <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ma.</span> 12.32</span> ; <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς Π</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span> 2.1</span>.</span>