Definitions
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- noun (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also
pentecostys .
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- noun historical, Ancient Greece A
troop offifty soldiers in theSpartan army .
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Examples
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There were seven divisions in the field, besides the Sciritae who numbered six hundred; in each division there were four pentecosties, in every pentecosty four enomoties, and of each enomoty there fought in the front rank four.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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3 There were seven companies in the field without counting the sciritae, who numbered six hundred men: in each company there were four pentecostyes, and in the pentecosty four enomoties.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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3 There were seven companies in the field without counting the sciritae, who numbered six hundred men: in each company there were four pentecostyes, and in the pentecosty four enomoties.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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