ἕβδομος

See also: έβδομος

Ancient Greek

**Ancient Greek ordinal numbers**
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Cardinal : ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ) Ordinal : ἕβδομος (hébdomos) Adverbial : ἑπτάκις (heptákis)

Alternative forms

ἕβδεμος (hébdemos)

Etymology

From ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), but the medial voicing is unexplained, perhaps by influence from the following nasal. See ὄγδοος (ógdoos), which also shows medial voicing, and Old Church Slavonic седмъ (sedmŭ) (< *sebdmъ < *septmъ), with the same voicing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /héb.do.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)eb.do.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.ðo.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.ðo.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.ðo.mos/

Adjective

ἕβδομος • (hébdomos) m (feminine ἑβδόμη, neuter ἕβδομον); first/second declension

seventh

Declension

First and second declension of ἕβδομος; ἑβδόμη; ἕβδομον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἕβδομος hébdomos	ἑβδόμη hebdómē	ἕβδομον hébdomon	ἑβδόμω hebdómō	ἑβδόμᾱ hebdómā	ἑβδόμω hebdómō	ἕβδομοι hébdomoi	ἕβδομαι hébdomai	ἕβδομᾰ hébdomă
Genitive	ἑβδόμου hebdómou	ἑβδόμης hebdómēs	ἑβδόμου hebdómou	ἑβδόμοιν hebdómoin	ἑβδόμαιν hebdómain	ἑβδόμοιν hebdómoin	ἑβδόμων hebdómōn	ἑβδόμων hebdómōn	ἑβδόμων hebdómōn
Dative	ἑβδόμῳ hebdómōi	ἑβδόμῃ hebdómēi	ἑβδόμῳ hebdómōi	ἑβδόμοιν hebdómoin	ἑβδόμαιν hebdómain	ἑβδόμοιν hebdómoin	ἑβδόμοις hebdómois	ἑβδόμαις hebdómais	ἑβδόμοις hebdómois
Accusative	ἕβδομον hébdomon	ἑβδόμην hebdómēn	ἕβδομον hébdomon	ἑβδόμω hebdómō	ἑβδόμᾱ hebdómā	ἑβδόμω hebdómō	ἑβδόμους hebdómous	ἑβδόμᾱς hebdómās	ἕβδομᾰ hébdomă
Vocative	ἕβδομε hébdome	ἑβδόμη hebdómē	ἕβδομον hébdomon	ἑβδόμω hebdómō	ἑβδόμᾱ hebdómā	ἑβδόμω hebdómō	ἕβδομοι hébdomoi	ἕβδομαι hébdomai	ἕβδομᾰ hébdomă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	—			—			ἑβδομώτᾰτος hebdomṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἕβδομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἕβδομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἕβδομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἕβδομος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἕβδομος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἕβδομος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1442 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- seventh idem, page 759.