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Headword:
*triakontaeth/s
Adler number: tau,939
Translated headword: thirty years old; thirty years long
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In reference to ages [this adjective] has an acute accent [sc. on the final syllable], like e)nnaeth\s a)/nqrwpos ["a nine-year-old person"];[1] but in reference to periods of time it has a grave accent, like e)nnae/ths ["nine years long"]. So too in reference to similar [numerals].
Greek Original:*triakontaeth/s: e)pi\ tw=n h(likiw=n o)cu/netai, oi(=on e)nnaeth\s a)/nqrwpos: e)pi\ de\ tw=n xro/nwn baru/netai, oi(=on e)nnae/ths. ou(/tw kai\ e)pi\ tw=n o(moi/wn.
Notes:
cf.
tau 941.
George
Choeroboscus mentions the variation of accent in
On Orthography, but the distinction does not seem to be observed in attested texts.
[1] This phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere but is unidentifiable.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 January 2014@09:39:34.
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