τέσσαρες
τέσσᾰρες,
οἱ,
αἱ , τέσσαρα,, gen.
ων: dat.
τέσσαρσι(
ν)
Th. 2.21 ,
Act.Ap. 12.4 , etc.; poet.
A). τέτρᾰσι Hes. Fr. 188 ,
Pi. O. 8.68 , al., and in late Prose, as
LXX Jd. 9.34 ,
Str. 13.1.3 ,
Hermog. Meth. 29 ,
Alex.Aphr. in Top. 208.12 ,
in Sens. 54.18 ,
PSI 10.1126.9 (iii A.D.), v.l. in
Act.Ap. 11.5 (cod. D), and in good codd. of
Arist. IA 704a11 , al.,
Theol.Ar. 19 , etc.; also
τέταρσι SIG 729.3 (Delph., i B.C.),
PSI 9.1028.10 (i A.D.):— Att.
τέττᾰρες,
τέττᾰρα, dat.
τέτταρσιν Isoc. 12.3 ; also
τάρων (v.
τάρες) for
τεττάρων; Phocian dat.
τεττάροις IG 9(1).32.78 (Stiris, ii B.C.):— Ion. and later Gr.
τέσσερες,
τέσσερα,
SIG 57.25 (Milet., v B.C.),
Schwyzer 289.120 (Rhodian, ii B.C.), etc. (dat.
τέσσερσι Hdt. 6.41 ,
τεσσέρασιν SIG 633.98 (Milet., ii B.C.)), but
τέσσαρες in
Hom., and
Schwyzer 707 B 4 (Ephesus, vi B.C.), etc.: codd. of
LXX have
τέσσαρες (nom. and acc.),
τεσσάρων, τέσσαρσι, but
τέσσερἁς), τεσσεράκοντα; since however
τέσσερα(
ς) and
τεσσεράκοντα, apart from Ion., are not common in Papyri before ii A.D., the
LXX autographs prob. had
τέσσαρα(
ς) and
τεσσαράκοντα; the form
τέσσερα(
ς) is here due to avoidance by the copyists of the sequence
ε-α-α:— Dor.
τέτορες,
τέτορα,
Hes. Op. 698 ,
Phoc. 3 ,
Simon. 91 ,
Epich. 149 ,
SIG 240 I 8 (Delph., iv B.C.), al.,
Theoc. 14.16 :— Ep. (prob. Aeol.)
πίσῠρες [ῐ] Od. 5.70 ,
16.249 ,
A.R. 2.1110 ,
Nic. Th. 182 ; acc.
πίσῠρας Od. 22.111 ,
Il. 15.680 , al.,
Call. Dian. 105 ,
IGRom. 4.360.26 (Pergam., ii A.D.); gen.
πισύρων Dam. Isid. 290 (metrical?), prob. in
Hsch.; dat.
πισύρεσσι, πισύροισι, -ῃσι, -αις,
Nonn. D. 16.119 ,
38.176 ,
236 ,
39.377 ,
AP 14.7.4 : Aeol. also
πέσῠρες, neut.
πέσῠρα Epigr.Gr. 988.6 (Balbilla); and
πέσσῠρες,
πέσσῠρα,
Hsch.:— Boeot.
πέττᾰρες,
α (q.v.):—
four,
Od. 9.335 , etc.;
διὰ τεττάρων the musical interval of
the fourth,
Damox. 2.55 , etc.;
τὰ τέσσαρα the four simple bodies of Empedocles,
Plot. 6.2.2 ;
the four kinds of quality or four Aristotelian senses of
ποιόν,
Id. 6.1.10 ;
the four cardinal principles of Epicurus (cf.
τετραφάρμακος),
Phld. Herc. 1251.11 . (Cf. Skt.
catvā´ras (acc.
catúras), Lat.
quattuor, Lith.
keturì, etc.: I.-
E. q[uglide]et[uglide]or-.)
ShortDef
four
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τέσσᾰρες</span>, <span class="gen greek">οἱ</span>, <span class="gen greek">αἱ</span> <span class="foreign greek">, τέσσαρα,</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ων</span>: dat. <span class="foreign greek">τέσσαρσι</span>(<span class="etym greek">ν</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:12:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:12.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 12.4 </a>, etc.; poet. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">τέτρᾰσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:188" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:188/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 188 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 8.68 </a>, al., and in late Prose, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg009:9:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg009:9.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jd.</span> 9.34 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 13.1.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Meth.</span> 29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg006:208:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg006:208.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Aphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Top.</span> 208.12 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg007:54:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg007:54.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Sens.</span> 54.18 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 10.1126.9 </span> (iii A.D.), v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:11:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:11.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 11.5 </a> (cod. D), and in good codd. of <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg015:704a:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg015:704a.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 704a11 </a>, al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Theol.Ar.</span> 19 </span>, etc.; also <span class="quote greek">τέταρσι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 729.3 </span> (Delph., i B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 9.1028.10 </span> (i A.D.):— Att. <span class="orth greek">τέττᾰρες</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τέττᾰρα</span>, dat. <span class="quote greek">τέτταρσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.3 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">τάρων</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">τάρες</span>) for <span class="foreign greek">τεττάρων</span>; Phocian dat. <span class="quote greek">τεττάροις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(1).32.78 </span> (Stiris, ii B.C.):— Ion. and later Gr. <span class="orth greek">τέσσερες</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τέσσερα</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 57.25 </span> (Milet., v B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> 289.120 </span> (Rhodian, ii B.C.), etc. (dat. <span class="quote greek">τέσσερσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.41 </a> , <span class="quote greek">τεσσέρασιν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 633.98 </span> (Milet., ii B.C.)), but <span class="foreign greek">τέσσαρες</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, and <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> 707 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 4 </span> (Ephesus, vi B.C.), etc.: codd. of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span> have <span class="foreign greek">τέσσαρες</span> (nom. and acc.), <span class="foreign greek">τεσσάρων, τέσσαρσι</span>, but <span class="foreign greek">τέσσερἁς), τεσσεράκοντα</span>; since however <span class="foreign greek">τέσσερα</span>(<span class="etym greek">ς</span>) and <span class="foreign greek">τεσσεράκοντα</span>, apart from Ion., are not common in Papyri before ii A.D., the <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span> autographs prob. had <span class="foreign greek">τέσσαρα</span>(<span class="etym greek">ς</span>) and <span class="foreign greek">τεσσαράκοντα</span>; the form <span class="foreign greek">τέσσερα</span>(<span class="etym greek">ς</span>) is here due to avoidance by the copyists of the sequence <span class="foreign greek">ε-α-α</span>:— Dor. <span class="orth greek">τέτορες</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τέτορα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:698" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:698/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 698 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1604.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1604.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phoc.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 91 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 149 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 240 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I</span> 8 </span> (Delph., iv B.C.), al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 14.16 </a>:— Ep. (prob. Aeol.) <span class="orth greek">πίσῠρες</span> <span class="pron greek">[ῐ]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.70 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:249" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.249/canonical-url/"> 16.249 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.1110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.1110 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 182 </a>; acc. <span class="quote greek">πίσῠρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.111 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:680" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.680/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.680 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dian.</span> 105 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IGRom.</span> 4.360.26 </span> (Pergam., ii A.D.); gen. <span class="quote greek">πισύρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg002:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg002:290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Isid.</span> 290 </a> (metrical?), prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>; dat. <span class="foreign greek">πισύρεσσι, πισύροισι, -ῃσι, -αις</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16.119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 16.119 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:38:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:38.176/canonical-url/"> 38.176 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:236" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:236/canonical-url/"> 236 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:39:377" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:39.377/canonical-url/"> 39.377 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 14.7.4 </span>: Aeol. also <span class="orth greek">πέσῠρες</span>, neut. <span class="orth greek">πέσῠρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 988.6 </span> (Balbilla); and <span class="orth greek">πέσσῠρες</span>, <span class="orth greek">πέσσῠρα</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>:— Boeot. <span class="orth greek">πέττᾰρες</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span> (q.v.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">four</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:335" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.335/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.335 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">διὰ τεττάρων</span> the musical interval of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the fourth</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0438.tlg001:2:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0438.tlg001:2.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Damox.</span> 2.55 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ τέσσαρα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the four simple bodies</span> of Empedocles, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:2:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 6.2.2 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the four kinds of quality</span> or four Aristotelian senses of <span class="foreign greek">ποιόν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.1.10 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the four cardinal principles</span> of Epicurus (cf. <span class="foreign greek">τετραφάρμακος</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herc.</span> 1251.11 </span>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">catvā´ras</span> (acc. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">catúras</span>), Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quattuor</span>, Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">keturì</span>, etc.: I.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">q[uglide]et[uglide]or</span>-.)</div> </div><br><br>'}