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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(military, Ancient Greece) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army..
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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Pentecosty means (military, Ancient Greece) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army..
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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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