ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pentecosty

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pentecosty is a noun meaning (military, Ancient Greece) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.

Meaning

(military, Ancient Greece) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.

Example Sentences

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.

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Related dictionary entries include pentekostys, pentacosiomedimni, tetrarch, taxis, stathmos, decemvir.

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