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πέμπτος

πέμπτος, πέμπτος, fifth

πέμπτος, η, ον, (πέντε)
  • fifth: with four others, πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν Od. 9.335; π. αὐτός Th. 1.61, 3.19; π. σπιθαμή, i.e. four cubits and a span, Hdt. 2.106; ἐς π. μῆνα by the fifth month, Id. 1.77; τὸ πέμπτον μέρος a fifth, Pl. Ap. 36b, etc.; τὸ π., as Adv., for the fifth time, ὕπατοι, ὑπατεύων, D.S. 19.77, Plu. Fab. 19.
    • II ἡ πέμπτη (sc. ἡμέρα) the fifth day, Hes. Op. 802, 803, Ar. Nu. 1131.
        • b ἡ π. (sc. ὥρα) the fifth hour, Arr. Epict. 1.1.29.
      • 2 ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός), in the Roman camp, = via quintana, Plb. 6.30.6.
      • 3 ἡ π. tax of one-fifth, PLond. 3.1107.5, al. (iii A.D.).
    • III τὸ π. σῶμα the fifth or celestial element, Philol. 12, Placit. 1.3.22; called π. στοιχεῖον ib. 2.6.2; π. οὐσία ib. 2.25.7, Phlp. in Ph. 9.29.

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