† pentecostern.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πεντηκοστήρ.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πεντηκοστήρ commander of a troop of fifty men < πεντηκοστύς pentekostys n. Compare earlier penteconter n.¹

Ancient History. Obsolete. rare.

An officer in ancient Greece having command of fifty men; = penteconter n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 50

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1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. iv. 216 The officers of each mora of infantry..were one Polëmarch, four Lochages, eight Pentecosters, and sixteen Enomotarchs.

1870 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (new ed.) 485/2 The commands of the general were issued in the first place to the polemarchs, by these to the lochagi, by these again to the pentecosteres, by the latter to the enomotarchs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	pentecoster
释义	† pentecostern. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πεντηκοστήρ. Etymology: < ancient Greek πεντηκοστήρ commander of a troop of fifty men < πεντηκοστύς pentekostys n. Compare earlier penteconter n.¹ Ancient History. Obsolete. rare. An officer in ancient Greece having command of fifty men; = penteconter n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 50 quinquagenarya1382 pentecontarchc1384 synkquatener1523 quinquagenarian1569 penteconter1623 pentecoster1808 1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. iv. 216 The officers of each mora of infantry..were one Polëmarch, four Lochages, eight Pentecosters, and sixteen Enomotarchs. 1870 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (new ed.) 485/2 The commands of the general were issued in the first place to the polemarchs, by these to the lochagi, by these again to the pentecosteres, by the latter to the enomotarchs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1808
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