μεσευθύς: Difference between revisions
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
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|Definition=ύ, gen. εος, <span class="sense" | |Definition=ύ, gen. εος, <span class="sense"> <span class="bld">A</span> [[between the even ones]]: Pythag. name for the number <span class="bibl">6</span>, as [[half-way between]] <span class="bibl">2</span> [[and]] <span class="bibl">10</span>, the first and last of the even (εὐθεῖς) numbers in the denary scale, <span class="bibl">Clem.Al.<span class="title">Strom.</span>6.139.2</span>.</span> | ||
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Revision as of 12:18, 11 December 2020
English (LSJ)
ύ, gen. εος, A between the even ones: Pythag. name for the number 6, as half-way between 2 and 10, the first and last of the even (εὐθεῖς) numbers in the denary scale, Clem.Al.Strom.6.139.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 137] ύ, zwischen dem Graden in der Mitte, so hieß bei den Pythagoräern die Zahl sechs, als in der Mitte liegend zwischen zwei und zehn, Clem. Al. strom. 6 p. 811.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μεσευθύς: ύ, γεν. -έος, ὁ μεταξὺ τῶν εὐθέων ἢ ἀρτίων· Πυθαγόρειον ὄνομα τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ 6, ὡς εὑρισκομένου ἐν τῷ μέσῳ μεταξὺ τῶν ἀριθμῶν 2 καὶ 10, τοῦ πρώτου δηλ. καὶ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἀρτίων ἀριθμῶν (εὐθέων) ἐν τῇ δεκαδικῇ κλίμακι, Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 811.
Greek Monolingual
μεσευθύς, -ύ (Α)
ο αριθμός που βρίσκεται μεταξύ τών ευθέων και τών αρτίων, που, κατά τους Πυθαγορείους, ήταν ο αριθμός 6 επειδή απείχε ίση απόσταση από τους αριθμούς 2 και 10, δηλαδή από τον πρώτο και τον τελευταίο άρτιο αριθμό στη δεκαδική κλίμακα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μεσ(ο)- + εὐθύς).
