τεσσαράκοντα tessarakonta · G5062

τεσσᾰράκοντα [ρᾰ], ; Attic dialect τεττᾰράκοντα []; Ionic dialect τεσσεράκοντα (which see); Sicilian Ionic τετράϟοντα []; Doric dialect τετρώκοντα [] and see at {τεσσαρακοστός}; once Doric dialect τεταράκοντα []; Boeotian dialect πετταράκοντα (which see): οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable:—forty, []; II οἱ τ. the Forty, a body of justices who went round the Attic demes to hear all causes up to ten drachmae, []; also cases of assault, []: changed from Thirty to “Forty” after the expulsion of the Thirty …