%I #21 Sep 29 2022 07:41:28
%S 5,3,3,4,7,5,3,4,4,5,4,6,6,8,11,9,7,8,8,9,6,9,9,10,13,11,9,10,10,11,7,
%T 10,10,11,14,12,10,11,11,12,7,10,10,11,14,12,10,11,11,12,7,10,10,11,
%U 14,12,10,11,11,12,6,9,9,10,13,11,9,10,10,11,9,12,12,13,16,14,12,13,13,14,7
%N Number of letters in the Greek name of n, excluding spaces.
%C Greek has its own alphabet, which for our convenience here we will transliterate as a, b, g, d, e, z, i, th, i, k, l, m, n, x, o, p, r, s, t, i, f, ch, ps, o.
%C Watts (2004) gives alternate spellings for 7, 8, 9 (and 17, 18, 19) which presumably carry over to all numbers having those digits. The accent is placed differently in the word for 9: enniá instead of ennéa, but the number of letters remains the same. - _Alonso del Arte_, Feb 24 2013
%D David Holton, Peter Mackridge, Irene Philippaki-Warburton, Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language. London: Routledge (2004): 105-107.
%D Niki Watts, Colloquial Greek: The Complete Course for Beginners. London: Routledge (2004): 35-36.
%H <a href="/index/Lc#letters">Index entries for sequences related to number of letters in n</a>
%e 1 to 21: Ena, dio, tria, tessera, pente, exi, epta, okto, ennea, deka, endeka, dideka, dekatria, dekatessera, dekapente, dekaexi, dekaepta, dekaokto, dekaennea, eikosi, eikosi ena.
%e 30: Trianta
%e 40: Saranta
%e 50: Peninta
%e 60: Exinta
%e 70: Ebdominta
%e 80: Ogdonta
%e 90: Eneninta
%e 100: Ekaton or ekato
%e 200: Diakosioi
%K nonn,word
%O 0,1
%A Antoine Lafranchis (antlafranchis(AT)gmail.com), May 05 2010
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