pentecoster

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστήρ (pentēkostḗr), from πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús, “pentekostys”),[1] from πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós, “fiftieth”).[2]

Noun

pentecoster (plural pentecosters)

  1. An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
    • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
      ...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)...

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “pentecoster, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “pentekostys, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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