πεντᾰκισ-χίλιοι [χῑ], αι, α,
five thousand, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 738a: in _sing._, π. ἀσπίς] Refs 5th c.BC+] five thousand men-at-arms, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 9.4; π. ἵππος LXX 1 LXX.Mal.4.28 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]:—Doric dialect form πεντακιχήλιοι [[ “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1925(5).25 (Cyrene, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]