ἐννέᾰ,
Doric dialect also ἐννῆ (which see), indeclinable, nine, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.174, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.258, etc.; Μοῦσαι ἐννέα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 917, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.60 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρὶς ἐννέα κλῶνας, in a religious ceremony, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 483 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρὶς ἐ. ἔτη Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 as a round number for, many, τρὶς ἐννέα φῶτας ἔπεφνεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.785, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.577, Scholia 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 781 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin novem, Sanskrit náva, etc.)