ἐννέα

See also: εννέα

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 θʹ
9
10  → 
    Cardinal: ἐννέᾰ (ennéa)
    Ordinal: ἔνᾰτος (énatos)
    Adverbial: ἐνᾰ́κῐς (enákis)
    Collective: ἐννεᾰ́ς (enneás)

Alternative forms

  • ἐννῆ (ennê) Doric
  • ἔννεᾰ (énnea) Aeolic
  • ἐννία (ennía) Boeotian
  • ἐννῆᾰ (ennêa), ἑννέα (hennéa)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ennéwə, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Old Armenian ինն (inn), Sanskrit नवन् (navan), Latin novem, and Old English nigon (English nine).

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

ἐννέᾰ • (ennéa) (ordinal ἔνᾰτος, adverbial ἐνᾰ́κῐς)

  1. nine

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek:
  • English: ennea-

References

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