Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατῖται

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τεσσᾰρεσκαιδέκᾰτος (tessareskaidékatos, fourteenth) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Compare to Quārtadecimānī.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Τεσσᾰρεσκαιδεκᾰτῖται • (Tessareskaidekatîtai) m (genitive Τεσσᾰρεσκαιδεκᾰτῑτῶν); first declension

  1. a name given to the followers of the fourth-century heretical movement of Audianism which honored the death of Christ on the eve of Jewish Passover on fourteenth day of Nisan instead of Easter Sunday; Quartodecimans, Audians

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: Tessarescaedecatītae
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