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Headword:
*)ariqmw=
Adler number: alpha,3880
Translated headword: I count
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with an accusative.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the participle] a)riqmou=nta ["him counting"], [meaning him] assigning. "And counting some men to the bodyguards/spear-carriers".[2]
The Pythagoreans gave a name to every number. The number adds up to ten. Ten [is] the sum of the four [numbers]. And because of this they used to call the whole number tetraktys [four-sum].[3]
Greek Original:*)ariqmw=: ai)tiatikh=|. kai\ *)ariqmou=nta, katata/ttonta. kai\ a)riqmou=nta/ tinas toi=s dorufo/rois. o(/ti oi( *puqago/reioi pa/nta a)riqmo\n proshgo/reuon. o( de\ a)riqmo\s sumplhrou=tai toi=s de/ka. o( de\ de/ka su/nqesis tw=n d#. kai\ dia\ tou=to to\n a)riqmo\n pa/nta tetraktu\n e)/legon.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in syntactical lexica.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
[3] That is, 1+2+3+4=10. (This material comes from
tau 394.)
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 July 2001@23:32:59.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 25 July 2001@04:38:01.
David Whitehead (more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics) on 12 April 2012@03:25:51.
David Whitehead on 31 August 2015@04:42:34.
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