ἀριθμός
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Ancient Greek [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rei-. Cognates include Old Irish rím, Old English rīm (English rhyme), and perhaps Latin rītus. Also compare νήριτος (nēritos, “countless”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /aritʰmós/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /aritʰmós/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ariθmós/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ariθmós/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aɾiθmós/
Noun [edit]
ἀριθμός (genitive ἀριθμοῦ) m, second declension; (arithmos)
- number
- numbering, counting
- arithmetic
- (philosophy) abstract number
- (grammar) number
- numeral
- unknown quantity
- (rhetoric) rhythm
- the sum of the numerical values of the letters of a name
- military unit (=Latin numerus)
- (astrology, usually plural) degrees moved traversed in a given time
- (medicine) precise condition
Inflection [edit]
Second declension of ἀριθμός, ἀριθμοῦ
References [edit]
- LSJ
- BDAG
- Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
- Strong’s concordance number: G706