Re: Greek numbers

Many thanks.  I don't have my Big LSJ available at the moment, but I will look 
it up as soon as I do.

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

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> From:         Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group on behalf of Daniel 
> Levine
> Reply To:     Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group
> Sent:         Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:54 AM
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> Subject:      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
> dlevine@xxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 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
> >
> 
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