- ἀριθμός
- ἀριθμός [ᾰ], (A
ἁρ- IG1.164
), ὁ, number, first in Od.,λέκτο δ' ἀριθμόν 4.451
;ἀριθμῷ παῦρα Semon.3
;ἓν ἀριθμῷ Hdt.3.6
;ἀριθμὸν ἕξ Id.1.14
, cf. 50;ἐς τὸν ἀ. τρισχίλια Id.7.97
; πλῆθος ἐς ἀ. the amount in point of number, ib.60;τὸν ἀ. δώδεκα Euphro11.11
;δύο τινὲς ἢ τρεῖς . . εἰς τὸν ἀ. Men.165
;ἔλαττον μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ Pl.Tht.155a
;οὔτ' ἀριθμοῖς οὔτε μεγέθεσιν ἐλάττους Id.Lg.861e
;σταθμῷ καὶ ἀ. X. Smp.4.45
;δι' ἀ. καὶ μέτρου Plu.Per.16
, cf. E.Tr.620: prov., λέγειν ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν 'count the pebbles on the shore', Pi.O.13.46, cf. 2.98; οὐ γιγνώσκων ψήφων ἀριθμούς, of a blockhead, Ephipp. 19;οὔτ' ἀριθμὸν οὔτ' ἔλεγχον . . ἔχων Dionys.Com.3.13
.2 amount, sum,πολὺς ἀ. χρόνου Aeschin.1.78
;ἀ. τῆς ὁδοῦ X.An.2.2.6
; ἀ. [χρυσίου] a sum of money, Id.Cyr.8.2.16.3 ἀριθμῷ, abs., in certain numbers, Hdt.6.58; butδένδρα ἀριθμῷ ὑμέτερα
by tale,Th.
2.72;ἀ. διδόναι Dionys.Com.3.6
.4 item or term in a series,ὁ δεύτερος ἀ. E.Ion1014
;τρίτον ὠδίνων ἀ. Epigr.Gr.574
;ναῦς πολλοὺς ἀ. ἄγνυται ναυαγίων E.Hel.410
, cf. Arist.Po.1461b24; τοὺς ἀ. τοῦ σώματος points of the body, Pl.Lg.668d;τοὺς ἀ. ἑκάστου τῶν νοσημάτων Hp.Acut. 3
;τὸ καλὸν ἐκ πολλῶν ἀ. ἐπιτελεῖσθαι Plu.2.45c
: hence as a mark of completeness,πάντας τοὺς ἀ. περιλαβών Isoc.11.16
; τοῦ καθήκοντος τοὺς ἀριθμούς the sum total of duty, M.Ant.3.1.5 number, account, as a mark of station, worth, rank, μετ' ἀνδρῶν ἵζει ἀριθμῷ takes his place among men, Od.11.449;εἰς ἀνδρῶν μὲν οὐ τελοῦσιν ἀ. E.Fr.492
;εἰς ἀ. τῶν κακῶν πεφύκαμεν Id.Hec.1186
; ξενίας ἀριθμῷ πρῶτ' ἔχειν ἐμῶν φίλων in regard of friendship, ib.794; δειλοὶ γὰρ ἄνδρες οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἐν μάχῃ ἀριθμόν have no account made of them, Id.Fr.519; οὐδ' εἰς ἀ. ἥκει λόγων she comes not into my account, Id.El.1054;ἀ. οὐδεὶς οὐδὲ λόγος ἐστί τινος Plu.2.682f
, cf. Call.Epigr.27.6, Orac. ap. Sch.Theoc.14.48.6 mere number, quantity, opp. quality, ταῦτ' οὐκ ἀ. ἐστιν, ὦ πάτερ, λόγων a mere set of words, S.OC382; of men, οὐκ ἀ. ἄλλως not a mere lot, E.Tr.476;ἀριθμός, πρόβατ' ἄλλως Ar. Nu.1203
; sometimes even of a single man, οὐκ ἀριθμὸν ἀλλ' ἐτητύμως ἄνδρ' ὄντα not a mere unit, E.Heracl.997; also ἀριθμὸν πληροῦν to be a mere cipher, Chor.Milt.66.II numbering, counting, μάσσων ἀριθμοῦ past counting, Pi.N.2.23; esp. in phrases, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν νεῶν to hold a muster of . . , Hdt.8.7;ποιεῖν X.An.7.1.7
, etc.; παρεῖναι εἰς τὸν ἀ. ib.II; εἴ τι δυνατὸν ἐς ἀ. ἐλθεῖν can be stated in numbers, Th.2.72.III the science of numbers, arithmetic,ἀριθμόν, ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων A.Pr.459
;ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα S.Fr. 432
;ἀ. καὶ λογισμὸν εὑρεῖν Pl.Phdr.274c
, cf. R.522c: prov.,εἴπερ γὰρ ἀριθμὸν οἶδα E.Fr.360.19
.IV in Philos., abstract number, Arist.Cat.4b23, Metaph.990a19, al.; ἀ. μαθηματικός ib.1090b35; ἀ. οὐσιώδης, opp. τοῦ ποσοῦ, Plot.5.5.4; ἀ. ἑνιαῖος, οὐσιώδης, ἑτεροῖος, Dam.Pr.228.V Gramm., number, Stoic.3.214, D.T.634.16, A.D.Synt.32.2,al.; cf. ἑνικός, δυικός, πληθυντικός.VII unknown quantity (x), defined as πλῆθος μονάδων ἀορίστων, Dioph.Def.2.VIII Rhet., rhythm in Prose, in pl., D.H.Comp.23, Dem.52, cf. Arist.Rh.1408b29; but alsoἀριθμοὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων ποιητᾶν SIG703.7
(Delph.).IX line of a book, Apollon. Cit.2.X sum of numerical values of letters in a name, Apoc.13.17,al.; φιλῶ ἧς ἀριθμὸς φμέ Pompeian Inscr. in Rend.Linc.10(1901).257.XI unit of troops, = Lat. numerus, CIG5187 (vi A. D.), BGU673 (vi A. D.), etc.; = legio, Jul.ad Ath.280d, Zos.5.26, PLond. 5.1711.69 (vi A. D.).XII Astrol., mostly in pl., degrees traversed in a given time, Ptol.Tetr.112, Doroth. in Cat.Cod.Astr.6.107.30; τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀ. at her normal speed, of the moon, Gal.19.531; also of degrees of latitude, Heph.Astr.2.8,3.1.XIII Medic., in pl., precise conditions, παρόντων τῶν πρὸς τὴν φλεβοτομίαν ἀριθμῶν Herod.[voice] Med.in Rh.Mus.58.71, cf. Aret.CA2.3, prob. in Herod.Med. ap. Aët.9.2; cf. supr.1.4. [[pron. full] ῐ E.El.1132, Ar.Nu.1203.] (ἀρῐ-θμός from root ἀρι-, cf. ἐπάριτος (q. v.), νήριτος.)
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