pentecosty

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noun

A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.

OriginAncient Greek πεντηκοστύς →
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Meanings

nounpentecosty (plural pentecosties or pentecostys)

plural pentecosties · plural pentecostys

  1. Ancient GreecegovernmentA troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.

    There were seven companies in the field without counting the Sciritae, who numbered six hundred men: in each company there were four Pentecostyes, and in the Pentecosty four Enomoties.

    1874, Thucydides, translated by Richard Crawley, History of the Peloponnesian War, Book 5

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπεντηκοστύς
  2. Englishpentecosty

From Ancient Greek πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús), from πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta, “fifty”).

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pentecosty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentecosty

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