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Greek Numbers - Greek Cardinal Numbers, Adverbs and Prefixes

By N.S. Gill, About.com

Here are the Greek numbers, which you may find used in English words:
  • eis, mia, ev; mono- - 1
  • duo; dis (di-) - 2
  • treis, tria; tris (tri-) - 3
  • tettares, tettara; terakis (tetra-) - 4
  • pente; pentakis (penta-) - 5
  • hex (hexa-) - 6
  • hepta (hepta-) - 7
  • octô (octa-) - 8
  • ennea - 9
  • deca (deca-) - 10
  • endeca - 11
  • dodeca - 12
  • treiskaideca (trideca-) - 13
  • tettares kai deca - 14
  • pentekaideca - 15
  • hekkaideca - 16
  • heptakaideca - 17
  • oktôkaideca - 18
  • enneakaideca - 19
  • eicosi (icosa-) - 20
  • hecaton - 100
  • chilioi, chiliai, chilia - 1000
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