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‖ pentecostys Gr. Antiq.|pɛntɪˈkɒstɪs|
Also irreg. anglicized as ˈpentekosty |-kɒstɪ|.
[a. Gr. πεντηκοστύς (pl. -ύες) a number or company of fifty, f. πεντηκοστ-ός fiftieth.]
A body of fifty men, as a division of the Spartan army.
1808Mitford Greece I. iv. 216 Each Lochus consisted of four Pentecostyes, and each Pentecostys of four Enomoties. 1850Grote Greece ii. lvi. VII. 111 Each lochus comprised four pentekosties..each pentekosty contained four enômoties. 1869W. Smith Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 2) 483/1 An enomotia, pentecostys, &c. |