tetractysn.

/tɪˈtraktɪs/

Forms: Also 1700s tetrachty(s, 1800s tetraktys.

Etymology: < Greek τετρακτύς.

A set of four; the number four; esp. the Pythagorean name for the sum of the first four numbers (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10) regarded as the source of all things.

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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1317 That famous quaternarie of theirs, named Tetractys, which consisteth of foure nines, and amounteth to thirtie sixe, was their greatest oth.

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 4 The Pythagoreans Oath, swearing by him that taught them the mystery of the Tetractys, or the number Four.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 415 Pythagoras had his tetrachty, his mystic numbers, his symbols.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 12 (note) The tetraktys (consecrated as the sum total of the first four numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10).

Derivatives

teˈtractysm n. the Pythagorean doctrine of the tetractys.

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1846 T. W. Jenkyn Baxter's Wks. Pref. 50 Those who understand..what Tetractysm was to the Pythagoreans will..comprehend what Triadism was to Baxter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tetractys
释义	tetractysn. /tɪˈtraktɪs/ Forms: Also 1700s tetrachty(s, 1800s tetraktys. Etymology: < Greek τετρακτύς. A set of four; the number four; esp. the Pythagorean name for the sum of the first four numbers (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10) regarded as the source of all things. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > representing God tetractys1603 tetrad1653 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [noun] > Pythagorean philosophy > elements of tetractys1603 tetrad1653 tetractysm1846 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > elements in or parts of > specific number of hebdomad1545 quaternion1549 tetractys1603 quaternary number1605 tetrad1653 heptad1660 pentad1660 quaternary of numbers1809 tripair1878 trey1887 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1317 That famous quaternarie of theirs, named Tetractys, which consisteth of foure nines, and amounteth to thirtie sixe, was their greatest oth. 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 4 The Pythagoreans Oath, swearing by him that taught them the mystery of the Tetractys, or the number Four. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 415 Pythagoras had his tetrachty, his mystic numbers, his symbols. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 12 (note) The tetraktys (consecrated as the sum total of the first four numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10). Derivatives teˈtractysm n. the Pythagorean doctrine of the tetractys. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [noun] > Pythagorean philosophy > elements of tetractys1603 tetrad1653 tetractysm1846 1846 T. W. Jenkyn Baxter's Wks. Pref. 50 Those who understand..what Tetractysm was to the Pythagoreans will..comprehend what Triadism was to Baxter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603
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