τέσσαρες

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
40
   3 δʹ
4
5   
    Cardinal: τέσσᾰρες (téssares)
    Ordinal: τέτᾰρτος (tétartos)
    Adverbial: τετρᾰ́κῐς (tetrákis)
    Collective: τετρᾰ́ς (tetrás)

Alternative forms

  • τέττᾰρες (téttares) Attic
  • τέσσερες (tésseres) Ionic, later Greek
  • τέτορες (tétores) Doric
  • πῐ́σῠρες (písures) Epic, Aeolic
  • πέσῠρες (pésures), πέσσῠρες (péssures) Aeolic
  • πέττᾰρες (péttares) Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), Old Armenian չորք (čʿorkʿ), Latin quattuor, and Old English fēower (English four).

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

τέσσᾰρες (téssares) (ordinal τέτᾰρτος, adverbial τετρᾰ́κῐς)

  1. four

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