πέμπτος
pemptos
fifth : with four others
Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πέμπτος, η, ον, (πέντε) A. fifth : with four others, πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν Od. 9.335; π. αὐτός 1.61,3.19; π. σπιθαμή, i.e. four cubits and a span, 2.106; ἐς π. μῆνα by the fifth month, 1.77; τὸ πέμπτον μέρος a fifth, Ap. 36b, etc.; τὸ π., as Adv., for the fifth time, ὕπατοι, ὑπατεύων, 19.77, Fab. 19. II. ἡ πέμπτη (sc.ἡμέρα) the fifth day, Op. 802, 803, Nu. 1131. b. ἡ π. (sc. ὥρα) the fifth hour, Epict. 1.1.29. 2. ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός), in the Roman camp, = via quintana, 6.30.6. 3. ἡ π. tax of one-fifth, 3.1107.5, al. (iii A.D.). III. τὸ π. σῶμα the fifth or celestial element, 12, Placit. 1.3.22; called π. στοιχεῖον ib.2.6.2; π. οὐσία ib.2.25.7, in Ph. 9.29.
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