Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element in many compound words of Greek origin or formation, meaning ‘seven.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.
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Examples
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A member of the honeysuckle family, its scientific name combines the Greek terms "hepta"
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A member of the honeysuckle family, its scientific name combines the Greek terms "hepta"
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"hepta" had been deleted and "pente" substituted in every instance, and the fraud had not been detected because the rest of the Greek writing was absolutely genuine.
The Wheel O' Fortune Louis Tracy 1895
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The assignments were usually rotated weekly, and this is reflected in hebdomadarian's etymology, it derives from the Greek for seven, hepta.
Hebdomadarian - it's not a camel Michelle 2008
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The assignments were usually rotated weekly, and this is reflected in hebdomadarian's etymology, it derives from the Greek for seven, hepta.
Archive 2008-03-01 Michelle 2008
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Homoios gar hosper hoi hieroi prophetai to hen kai to auto pneuma eis hepta pneumata merizesthai phasin, houto kai autos mian kai ten auten onomazon areten, tauten eis tessaras aretas merizesthai legei.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Homoios gar hosper hoi hieroi prophetai to hen kai to auto pneuma eis hepta pneumata merizesthai phasin, houto kai autos mian kai ten auten onomazon areten, tauten eis tessaras aretas merizesthai legei: [4999] 1
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Coupling the latter with tribenzoylgalloyl chloride yielded hepta - [tribenzoyl-galloyl] - _p_-iodophenyl maltosazone, the structure of which is represented by --
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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[12] S: 301. to ton hepta stadion anachoma tes thalasses cp.
A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905
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Ruth 4: 15 he estin agathe soi huper hepta huious.
A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905
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