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ἑβδομ-αῖος

ebdomaios

on the seventh day

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Where it lives

  • Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
  • History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — LSJ

on the seventh day, recurring every seven days

on the seventh day, ἱδρώς Hp. Aph. 4.36; ἑ. πυρετός a fever recurring every seven days, Id. Epid. 1.24: ἑ. τραγῳδοί Luc. Hist.Conscr. 1: with a Verb, διεφθείροντο ἑβδομαῖοι Th. 2.49, cf. X. HG 5.3.19, Plu. Galb. 7; ἑ. ἡμέρα PSI 6.690 (i/ii A.D.).

2 seven days old

seven days old, τράγος Horap. 1.48.

II

ἑβδομ-αῖον, τό, monthly festival of Apollo, IG 2(2).1357 (iv B.C.), cf. ἑβδομαγέτης: pl., Schwyzer 687 B 4 (Chios, vii/vi B.C.), 726.6 (Milet., v B. C.).

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