[*] 571. Ordinal Numbers: In expressions of time, the ordinal commonly lacks the article.1 LYCURG.45: “ὧν οὗτος οὐδὲ τὰς θήκας παριὼν ᾐσχύνθη, ὀγδόῳ ἔτει τὴν πατρίδα αὐτῶν προσαγορεύων”. DEM.27.69: “ἔτει δεκάτῳ”. [33]DEM., 24: “τρίτῳ ἔτει ὕστερον”. 38.18 (= 27): “εἰκοστῷ . . . ἔτει”. [42]DEM., 2(= 26. 28): “δευτέρῳ μηνί. 10: τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ μετὰ τὰς ἀντιδόσεις. 11: τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ τοῦ βοηδρομιῶνος μηνός”. [46]DEM., 13: “δεκάτῳ ἔτει ὕστερον ἢ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν”. [47]DEM., 67: “ἕκτῃ τοίνυν ἡμέρᾳ ὕστερον ἢ οὗτοι εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν”. PLATO , Hipp. mai. 286 B: “εἰς τρίτην ἡμέραν”. Legg. 760 D: “τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει”. E: “ἕως ἂν τὸ δεύτερον διεξέλθωσιν ἔτος . . . τῷ τρίτῳ δέ”. Phaedr. 249 A: “τρισχιλιοστῷ ἔτει”. 276 B: “ἐν ὀγδόῳ μηνί”. Rpb. 461 D: “μετ᾽ ἐκείνην δεκάτῳ μηνὶ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ”. XEN. An. 3.4.31: “τετάρτῃ δ᾽ ἡμέρᾳ” . Hell. 1.2.7: “ἑβδόμῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ μετὰ τὴν εἰσβολήν” . THUC.1.18.2: “δεκάτῳ . . . ἔτει μετ᾽ αὐτήν” (sc. “τὴν μάχην”). 2.2.1: “μηνὶ ἕκτῳ. 47.1: πρῶτον ἔτος τοῦ πολέμου τοῦδε ἐτελεύτα. 3.116.2: πεντηκοστῷ ἔτει . . . μετὰ τὸ πρότερον ῥεῦμα. 3: ἕκτον ἔτος τῷ πολέμῳ ἐτελεύτα τῷδε. 4.90.3: ἡμέρᾳ τρίτῃ”. HDT.5.42(= 6.40): “τρίτῳ ἔτεϊ. 6.46: δευτέρῳ . . . ἔτει: τούτων. 7.1: τετάρτῳ . . . ἔτεϊ. 7: δευτέρῳ μὲν ἔτεϊ μετὰ τὸν θάνατον. 191: τετάρτῃ ἡμέρῃ. 192: τετάρτῃ ἡμέρῃ . . . δευτέρῃ ἡμέρῃ”. AR. Ach. 80: “ἔτει τετάρτῳ”. 266 (= 890): “ἕκτῳ . . . ἔτει”. Lys. 612: “ἐς τρίτην γοῦν ἡμέραν” . 881: “ἄλουτον ὂν κἄθηλον ἕκτην ἡμέραν” .
1 Compare John Thompson, Cl. Rev. xx (1906), 304.
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