τετράδιον
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English (LSJ)
τό, a
A guard of soldiers (normally consisting of four men), Ph.2.533, Act.Ap.12.4. II quaternion of parchment, POxy.2156.10 (iv/v A.D.), Tz.H.9.290; cf. τετράδειον.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (τό) :
nombre de quatre, réunion de quatre personnes ou de quatre choses ; spécial. escouade.
Étymologie: τετράς.
English (Strong)
neuter of a presumed derivative of tetras (a tetrad; from τέσσαρες); a quaternion or squad (picket) of four Roman soldiers: quaternion.
English (Thayer)
τετραδιου, τό (τετράς, the number four), a quarternion (τό ἐκ τεσσάρων συνεστος, Suidas): τῶν στρατιωτῶν, a guard consisting of four soldiers (for among the Romans this was the usual number of the guard to which the custody of captives and prisons was intrusted; two soldiers were confined with the prisoner and two kept guard outside), Philo in Flacc. § 13i. e. Mang. edition vol. ii, p. 533,25.)
Russian (Dvoretsky)
τετράδιον: τό четверка (солдат) NT.
