Τετραδεῖον
quadruple
Translated by David Whitehead4 Feb 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] something composed out of four [parts]. But [sc. variant forms also attested are] tetra/dion , and tetra/duon .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τετραδεῖον· τὸ ἐκ τεσσάρων συνεστῶς. Τετράδιον δέ, καὶ Τετράδυον.
Betacode
*tetradei=on: to\ e)k tessa/rwn sunestw=s. *tetra/dion de/, kai\ *tetra/duon.
Notes
- According to LSJ (web addresses 1 & 2), the headword
tetra/deion is used in reference to a square in a city;tetra/dion is a guard consisting of four soldiers (as at Acts 12.4) or a quaternion of parchment. Choeroboscus (Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.269) mentions these two forms without explaining a difference in meaning. The third form, not cited in LSJ or Choeroboscus (buttetra/dumos means quadruplet), also appears in the scholia to Lycophron.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- small expansion to note — David Whitehead
- added note and links, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead