Included with: πεντηκοστ-ός, ή, όν,
fiftieth, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II substantive πεντηκοστή, ἡ,
__II.1 (i.e. μερίς), fiftieth part: hence, tax of two per century. on exports and imports, at Athens, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.133, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.27: _plural_, [prev. author] 24.120; ἐς Ἀθάνας πεντηκοστὰ τῶν λίθων “IG” 42(1).103.46 (Epid.); at Delos, [prev. work]22.1635.38 (4th c.BC), 11(2).161 A 26 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Halicarnassus, [[ “OGI” 46.12 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τῶν πρηθέντων τελείτω π. [[ “SIG” 229.5 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; = Latin quinquagesima, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.31 (assuming variant): _metaphorically_, ταύτην ευὕρηκε Μειδίας καινὴν ἱππικήν τινα πεντηκοστήν] Refs 2nd c.AD+] invented a new sort of composition of two per century. in lieu of his cavalry service, i. e. paid this instead of it, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.166. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 (i.e. ἡμέρα), fiftieth day (after the Passover), [[ “Pentecost”, LXX.2Mac.12.32 ] LXX]; ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς Π. [[ NT.Act.2.1. ] NT]