Re: Greek numbers

Yes.  Just look in the Big LSJ under, for example "triskaideka" and you'll
see lots of declined forms of 'three' with deka.

Daniel

Daniel Levine
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Cook, Margaret wrote:

> I was teachng my intro to Greek class about numbers this morning
> (numbers above 4 being indeclinable) and one student asked a question I
> realized I don't know the answer to, so I hope someone can help.  In
> those numbers expressed with a number plus a multiple of ten (e.g. treis
> kai deka), does the treis decline, or is it always nominative.  The fact
> that the number does reflect gender (i.e. treis or tria) suggests that
> it might also show case, but I was not able to find an answer in Smyth.
>
> Prof. Margaret L. Cook
> Department of Modern and Classical Languages
> Saint John's University & College of Saint Benedict
> Collegeville, MN 56321
> http://employees.csbsju.edu/MCOOK/
>
>  polÊ te diaf°rein oÈ de> nomEURzein ênyrvpon ényr?pou, krãtiston  d¢ e?nai 
> ~stiw §n to>w énagkaiotãtoiw paideÊetai. . "All men are created equal; some 
> just work harder in the preseason." -- Thucydides 1.84.4
>