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|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">which in the ordinal series?</b> <b class="b3">π. δὴ ἔτος ἐστὶν ὅτε ξείνισσας ἐκεῖνον;</b> <b class="b2">how many</b> years is it since . .? <span class="bibl">Od.24.288</span>; <b class="b3">πόστην</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμήν</b>, i. e. on the sun-dial) ἥλιος τέτραπται; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>163</span>; <b class="b3">π. ῥύμη;</b> <b class="b2">which</b> side-street? <b class="b2">which</b> turning? <span class="bibl">Philippid.22</span>; κατὰ π. σφόνδυλον; Gal.8.238; ἐνθυμήθητι π. ἀφ' Ἡρακλέους ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.18.22</span>; <b class="b3">κατανόησον πόστῳ αὐτῶν μέρει πάντες μαχεσάμενοι νενικήκαμεν</b> with <b class="b2">what</b> fraction, i.e. <b class="b2">with how small</b> a part, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Mis.</span> 340b</span>; Ξενοφῶν π. μέρος τοῦ λόχου ἡ ἐνωμοτία ἐστὶν οὐ διασαφεῖ <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Tact.</span>6.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> ποστός, ή, όν, <b class="b2">holding a certain place in the ordinal series</b>, <b class="b3">τῇ ποστῇ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡμέρᾳ</b>) on <b class="b2">such-and-such</b> a day of the month, <span class="title">PMag.Leid.W.</span>3.35, cf. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>5.37</span>. (Prob.from <b class="b3">ποσσοστος,</b> formed from <b class="b3">πός (ς) οι</b> on analogy of <b class="b3">πολλοστός</b> from <b class="b3">πολλοί</b>.) </span>

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