Ἄρτια

[Meaning things that are] fitted, complete, sound. These things are also said to be "joined" [a)/rmena].¹
Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)rtia/zein, [meaning] to play at odds or evens [a)/rtia]. "We play at odds and evens with staters." Aristophanes [sc. says this].²
Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)rtia/kis ["an even number of times"].³
[An example of] an "even" number is 32, but an "even-odd" [a)rtiope/rittos] [number is one which] when halved [turns] straight into an odd number, like 14. For the half of this [is] seven.⁴