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.
Word Forms
- pentecosties
- pentecostys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pentekostys, pentacosiomedimni, tetrarch, taxis, stathmos, decemvir.
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