ἀριθμός [ᾰ], (ἁρ-[
Refs], ὁ,
number, first in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλῆθος ἐς ἀ. the amount in point of
number,[
Refs 5th c.BC+] 'count the pebbles on the shore', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γιγνώσκων ψήφων ἀριθμούς, of a blockhead, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
amount, sum, πολὺς ἀ. χρόνου[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. [χρυσίου] a
sum of money, [
Refs]
3) ἀριθμῷ,
absolutely,
in certain numbers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
by tale, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
item or
term in a series, ὁ δεύτερος ἀ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀ. τοῦ σώματος
points of the body, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence as a mark of
completeness, πάντας τοὺς ἀ. περιλαβών[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ καθήκοντος τοὺς ἀριθμούς the
sum total of duty, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5)
number, account, as a mark of station, worth, rank, μετ᾽ ἀνδρῶν ἵζει ἀριθμῷ takes his place
among men, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξενίας ἀριθμῷ πρῶτ᾽ ἔχειν ἐμῶν φίλων
in regard of friendship, [
Refs]; δειλοὶ γὰρ ἄνδρες οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἐν μάχῃ ἀριθμόν have no
account made of them, [
Refs]; οὐδ᾽ εἰς ἀ. ἥκει λόγων she comes not into my
account, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
6)
mere number, quantity, opposed to
quality, ταῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἀ. ἐστιν, ὦ πάτερ, λόγων
a mere set of words, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, οὐκ ἀ. ἄλλως not
a mere lot, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes even of a single man, οὐκ ἀριθμὸν ἀλλ᾽ ἐτητύμως ἄνδρ᾽ ὄντα not
a mere unit, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἀριθμὸν πληροῦν to be
a mere cipher, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
II)
numbering, counting, μάσσων ἀριθμοῦ past
counting, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in phrases, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν νεῶν to hold
a muster of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] can be stated
in numbers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
the science of numbers, arithmetic, ἀριθμόν, ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV) in Philos,
abstract number, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. οὐσιώδης, opposed to τοῦ ποσοῦ, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀ. ἑνιαῖος, οὐσιώδης, ἑτεροῖος, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
V) Grammars,
number, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; compare ἑνικός, δυικός, πληθυντικός.
VI)
numeral, [
Refs], etc; ὁ τέσσαρα ἀ.[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; παιδὸς ἀ, ={δεκάτη}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII)
unknown quantity (x), defined as πλῆθος μονάδων ἀορίστων, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
VIII) Rhet,
rhythm in Prose, in
plural, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IX)
line of a book, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
X)
sum of numerical values of letters in a name, [
NT]; φιλῶ ἧς ἀριθμὸς φμέ Pompeian Inscription in [
Refs]
XI)
unit of troops, = Latin
numerus, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; =
legio, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
ad Ath.280d, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
XII) Astrology texts, mostly in
plural,
degrees traversed in a given time, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀ. at her normal
speed, of the moon, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of
degrees of latitude, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
XIII) in Medicine texts, in
plural,
precise conditions, παρόντων τῶν πρὸς τὴν φλεβοτομίαν ἀριθμῶν Herod.
middle in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]