ἑβδομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕβδομος (hébdomos, “seventh”), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Noun

ἑβδομάς • (hebdomás) f (genitive ἑβδομάδος); third declension

1. A group of seven, especially a week of seven days or a group of seven years.

Synonyms

• ἑπτάς (heptás)

Derived terms

• ἑβδομᾰδῐκός (hebdomădĭkós)

Descendants

• English: hebdomad, hebdomadal
• French: hebdomadaire, 'hebdo'
• Greek: εβδομάδα (evdomáda)
• Latin: hebdomas, hebdomadalis
• Pontic Greek: εβδομάδαν (evdomádan)
• Mariupol Greek: вдъумадъа (vðumaða)

References

• “ἑβδομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑβδομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἑβδομάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑβδομάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)