ἐννέα
ennea
nine
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐννέα, Dor. also ἐννῆ (q.v.), indecl., A. nine, Il. 6.174, Od. 8.258, etc.; Μοῦσαι ἐννέα Th. 917, Od. 24.60; τρὶς ἐννέα κλῶνας, in a religious ceremony, OC 483; τρὶς ἐ. ἔτη Orac. ap. 5.26. 2. as a round number for, many, τρὶς ἐννέα φῶτας ἔπεφνεν Il. 16.785, cf. Od. 11.577, Sch. Th. 781. (Cf. Lat. novem, Skt. náva, etc.)
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