pentekostys

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of fifty men in the Ancient Greek army.

Word forms

pentekostys pentekosties

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús), from πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós, “fiftieth”).

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