Ἑκταῖος

sixth; on the sixth day

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Jan 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[e(ktai=os is the same as] e(/ktos.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑκταῖος· ὁ ἕκτος.

Betacode

*(ektai=os: o( e(/ktos.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
For the headword as 'sixth' see e.g. Greek Anthology 14.119.10 (Ionic feminine accusative singular). It can also mean 'on the sixth day': so in e.g. Xenophon, Anabasis 6.6.38.