View original postπεντηκονταετειρον - period of fifty years
This one is essentially the same as Tim's pentekontaeteron, and ...
View original postπεντηκονταετηρις - period of fifty yearrs
... this one is pentekontaeteris?
So it sounds like I'm reasonably safe going with some sort of time-blurred bastardization of the common core in there. That's good to have confirmed. Thanks, Tom.
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A question related to ancient Greek words
- 16/07/2013 09:58:53 PM
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Tom's your man for this one, I'd say, maybe Danny or Gabriel
- 16/07/2013 10:50:49 PM
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It is for fiction, yes.
- 16/07/2013 11:12:04 PM
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Re: It is for fiction, yes.
- 17/07/2013 01:17:19 AM
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That would bug the hell out of me.
- 17/07/2013 03:49:12 PM
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"Fifty years old" is πεντηκονταετης or πεντηκοντουτης
- 18/07/2013 12:20:58 PM
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If I'm converting the letters correctly ...
- 18/07/2013 04:20:49 PM
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The answer is Pentakron...
- 18/07/2013 06:02:11 PM
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If your goal is a common-use word I'd vote /pen tek/, it seems to be quick and comfortable. *NM*
- 19/07/2013 04:11:44 PM
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pentēkontaeteiron, not pentēkontaeteron
- 19/07/2013 02:40:51 AM
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This is what I would go with. Granted, at some level it becomes an issue of transliteration. *NM*
- 20/07/2013 10:13:23 AM
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