pentagram
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pentagramme (rare, archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + gram.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gram
Noun[edit]
pentagram (plural pentagrams)
- The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
- 1871, W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions, Volume XV, page 47,
- Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.
- 2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah[1], page 345:
- The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.
- 2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry[2], page 59:
- Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.
- 1871, W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions, Volume XV, page 47,
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Translations[edit]
shape of five-pointed star
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Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pentagram
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pentagram | pentagrammet | pentagrammer | pentagrammerne |
genitive | pentagrams | pentagrammets | pentagrammers | pentagrammernes |
Synonyms[edit]
- drudefod c
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pentagram n
Declension[edit]
Declension of pentagram | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pentagram | pentagrammet | pentagram | pentagrammen |
Genitive | pentagrams | pentagrammets | pentagrams | pentagrammens |