τετρᾰκόσι-οι, αι, α,
Doric dialect τετρα-κάτιοι [κᾰ] [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.52, etc.] Refs]; poetry (once) tetrhkoϟsioi [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.67 (Myrinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs]:— four hundred, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.178, etc.: in _sing._, τ. ἀσπίς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II οἱ τ., at Athens,
__II.1 the oligarchy established in [[ 5th c.BC, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.69, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.7, Decrees cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.78, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 a more ancient Council, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 5.13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]