ἀριθμός

See also: αριθμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey-. Cognates include Old Irish rím, Old English rīm (English rhyme), and perhaps Latin rītus. Also compare νήριτος (nḗritos, countless).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ρῐθμός • (arithmós) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρῐθμοῦ); second declension

(Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
  1. number
    1. amount, sum
    2. term in a series
    3. number, account, rank
    4. quantity (opposite quality)
  2. numbering, counting
  3. arithmetic
  4. (philosophy) abstract number
  5. (grammar) number
  6. numeral
  7. unknown quantity
  8. (rhetoric) rhythm
  9. the sum of the numerical values of the letters of a name
  10. military unit (=Latin numerus)
  11. (astrology, usually in the plural) degrees moved traversed in a given time
  12. (medicine) precise condition

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