εἴκοσι
εἴκοσι (for εἴκοσιν v. infr.), Att., Ion., also Arc., IG 5(2).3.1 ( Tegea), and Aeol., ib. 12(2).6.21 ( Lesbos):— indecl.,
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"definition": "<i>twenty,</i> Il. 2.510, 748, etc.; in Hom. more freq. in Ep. form ἐείκοσι, before a vowel ἐείκοσιν, 1.309, 6.217, al.; Dor. ϝίκατι Leg.Gort. 4.13, etc.; ϝείκατι Tab.Heracl. 2.71; Lacon. βείκατι Hsch.; εἴκατι IG 9(1).693.10 (Corc.), Theoc. 4.10, 5.86. (Orig. ϝῑκατι and *ἐϝῑκοσι, whence ἐείκοσι in Hom.; ϝείκατι and εἴκατι are late spellings of ( ϝ) ῑκατι; εἴκοσι is contr. from *εϝῑκοσι. Cf. Lat. vīginti, Skt. viṃśatis. εἴκοσιν is the only form used by Ar., whether before vowels or consonants ( εἴκοσʼ ἀπολογίζεται is dub. in Fr. 465); also (before consonants) Herod. 3.91, Phld. Piet. 3, etc., but not common in Inscrr. or Pap., e.g. (before consonants) Schwyzer 707 B 2 ( Ephesus, vi B. C.), IG 2.804.155 (iv B.C.), (before a vowel) PGrenf. 2.75.7 (iv A. D.); εἴκοσι ἔτη, εἴκοσι ἡμερῶν, IG 1(2).94,49.)",
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