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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπεντάς
- English todaypentad
From Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -άς (-ás, “-ad”). By surface analysis, pent- + -ad.
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pentad
pen·tadToday it means: Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πεντάς