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ἕκτη

ekte · ἡ

the sixth of a stater

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Where it lives

Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἕκτη · hektē — LSJ

the sixth of a stater

a silver coin, the sixth of a stater, IG 1(2).310, al.

II tax, of one-sixth

tax of one-sixth, ἕ. παραδείσων PTeb. 343.69 (ii A.D.), cf. PHib. 1.109 (iii B.C.), PRev.Laws 36.9 (iii B.C.).

III liquid measure

liquid measure, ἕ. οἴνω Schwyzer 725 (Milet., vi B.C.).

In the wild

ἕκτα · hekta Herodotus, Histories 2.59.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1961)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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