[B-Greek] Format of compound numbers

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Jul 26 06:12:03 EDT 2009


On Jul 26, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Randall Buth wrote:

> I go with the more colloquial
> DEKATRIA, DEKATESSARA, DEKAPENTE, DEKAEKS, DEKAEPTA,
> DEKAOKTW DEKAENNEA.

And, following the line of ducks in a row yet further, what about  
DEKADEKA? Oh no,--  that's EIKOSI. And some says "five and twenty" and  
some says "twenty-five."


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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