εἴκοσι
(for εἴκοσιν see below), Attic dialect, Ionic dialect, also [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, “IG” 5(2).3.1 (from Tegea), and _Aeolic dialect_, [prev. work]12(2).6.21 (from Lesbos)] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—indeclinable, twenty, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.510, 748, etc.; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] more frequently in Epic dialect form ἐείκοσι, before a vowel ἐείκοσιν, [[ 1.309, 6.217, +others] Refs]; Doric dialect ϝίκατι [[ “Leg.Gort.” 4.13, etc.] Refs]; ϝείκατι [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 2.71] Refs]; Laconian dialect βείκατι [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; εἴκατι [[ “IG” 9(1).693.10 (Corc.), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.10, 5.86. (Orig. ϝῑκατι and Εϝῑκοσι, whence ἐείκοσι in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ϝείκατι and εἴκατι are late spellings of (ϝ) ῑκατ; εἴκοσι is contraction from *εϝῑκοσι. Cf. Latin vīginti, Sanskrit viṃśatis. εἴκοσιν is the only form used by [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, whether before vowels or consonants (εἴκοσ᾽ ἀπολογίζεται is uncertain in “fragment” 465); also (before consonants) 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.91, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 3, etc., but not common in Inscrr. or Papyrus, e.g. (before consonants) “Schwyzer” 707 B 2 (Ephesus, 6th c.BC), “IG” 2.804.155 (4th c.BC), (before a vowel) “PGrenf.” 2.75.7 (4th c.AD)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἴκοσι ἔτη, εἴκοσι ἡμερῶν, [[ “IG” 12.94,49.) ] Refs]