number,
ἀριθμός[ᾰ],(
A.
ἁρ-
IG 1.164
),ὁ,number,first in Od. , λέκτο δ' ἀριθμόν
4.451
; ἀριθμῷ παῦρα
Semon. 3
; ἓν ἀριθμῷ
Hdt. 3.6
; ἀριθμὸν ἕξ
Id. 1.14
, cf. 50 ; ἐς τὸν ἀ. τρισχίλια
Id. 7.97
;πλῆθος ἐς ἀ.the amount in point ofnumber,ib. 60 ; τὸν ἀ. δώδεκα
Euphro 11.11
; δύο τινὲς ἢ τρεῖς . . εἰς τὸν ἀ.
Men. 165
; ἔλαττον μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ
Pl. Tht. 155a
; οὔτ' ἀριθμοῖς οὔτε μεγέθεσιν ἐλάττους
Id. Lg. 861e
; σταθμῷ καὶ ἀ.
X. Smp. 4.45
; δι' ἀ. καὶ μέτρου
Plu. Per. 16
, cf. E. Tr. 620 : prov.,λέγειν ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν'count the pebbles on the shore', Pi. O. 13.46 , cf. 2.98 ;οὐ γιγνώσκων ψήφων ἀριθμούς,of a blockhead, Ephipp. 19 ; οὔτ' ἀριθμὸν οὔτ' ἔλεγχον . . ἔχων
Dionys.Com. 3.13
.
2. amount, sum,
πολὺς ἀ. χρόνου
Aeschin. 1.78
; ἀ. τῆς ὁδοῦ
X. An. 2.2.6
;ἀ. [χρυσίου]asumof money, Id. Cyr. 8.2.16 .
3. ἀριθμῷ,abs.,in certain numbers,
Hdt. 6.58 ; but δένδρα ἀριθμῷ ὑμέτερα by tale,
Th. 2.72
; ἀ. διδόναι
Dionys.Com. 3.6
.
4. itemortermin a series, ὁ δεύτερος ἀ.
E. Ion 1014
; τρίτον ὠδίνων ἀ.
Epigr.Gr. 574
; ναῦς πολλοὺς ἀ. ἄγνυται ναυαγίων
E. Hel. 410
, cf. Arist. Po. 1461b24 ;τοὺς ἀ. τοῦ σώματος pointsof the body, Pl. Lg. 668d ; τοὺς ἀ. ἑκάστου τῶν νοσημάτων
Hp. Acut. 3
; τὸ καλὸν ἐκ πολλῶν ἀ. ἐπιτελεῖσθαι
Plu. 2.45c
: hence as a mark ofcompleteness,
πάντας τοὺς ἀ. περιλαβών
Isoc. 11.16
;τοῦ καθήκοντος τοὺς ἀριθμούςthesum totalof duty, M.Ant. 3.1 .
5. number, account,as a mark of station, worth, rank,μετ' ἀνδρῶν ἵζει ἀριθμῷtakes his placeamongmen, Od. 11.449 ; εἰς ἀνδρῶν μὲν οὐ τελοῦσιν ἀ.
E. Fr. 492
; εἰς ἀ. τῶν κακῶν πεφύκαμεν
Id. Hec. 1186
;ξενίας ἀριθμῷ πρῶτ' ἔχειν ἐμῶν φίλων in regard offriendship, ib. 794 ;δειλοὶ γὰρ ἄνδρες οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἐν μάχῃ ἀριθμόνhave noaccountmade of them, Id. Fr. 519 ;οὐδ' εἰς ἀ. ἥκει λόγωνshe comes not into myaccount,
Id. El. 1054 ; ἀ. οὐδεὶς οὐδὲ λόγος ἐστί τινος
Plu. 2.682f
, cf. Call. Epigr. 27.6 , Orac. ap. Sch. Theoc. 14.48 .
6. mere number, quantity,opp.quality, ταῦτ' οὐκ ἀ. ἐστιν, ὦ πάτερ, λόγων a mere setof words, S. OC 382 ; of men,οὐκ ἀ. ἄλλωςnota mere lot,
E. Tr. 476 ; ἀριθμός, πρόβατ' ἄλλως
Ar. Nu. 1203
; sometimes even of a single man,οὐκ ἀριθμὸν ἀλλ' ἐτητύμως ἄνδρ' ὄνταnota mere unit,
E. Heracl. 997 ; alsoἀριθμὸν πληροῦνto bea mere cipher,
Chor. Milt. 66 .
II. numbering, counting, μάσσων ἀριθμοῦpastcounting,
Pi. N. 2.23 ; esp. in phrases,ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν νεῶνto holda musterof . . , Hdt. 8.7 ; ποιεῖν
X. An. 7.1.7
, etc.;παρεῖναι εἰς τὸν ἀ.ib.II;εἴ τι δυνατὸν ἐς ἀ. ἐλθεῖνcan be statedin numbers,
Th. 2.72 .
III. the science of numbers, arithmetic,
ἀριθμόν, ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων
A. Pr. 459
; ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα
S. Fr. 432
; ἀ. καὶ λογισμὸν εὑρεῖν
Pl. Phdr. 274c
, cf. R. 522c : prov., εἴπερ γὰρ ἀριθμὸν οἶδα
E. Fr. 360.19
.
IV. in Philos.,abstract number,
Arist. Cat. 4b23 , Metaph. 990a19 , al.;ἀ. μαθηματικόςib. 1090b35 ;ἀ. οὐσιώδης,opp.τοῦ ποσοῦ,
Plot. 5.5.4 ;ἀ. ἑνιαῖος, οὐσιώδης, ἑτεροῖος,
Dam. Pr. 228 .
V. Gramm.,number,
Stoic. 3.214 , D.T. 634.16 , A.D. Synt. 32.2 ,al.; cf.ἑνικός, δυικός, πληθυντικός.
VI. numeral,ib. 36.6 , etc.; ὁ τέσσαρα ἀ.
S.E. M. 7.96
;παιδὸς ἀ.,
= δεκάτη , E. El. 1132 .
VII. unknown quantity (x),defined asπλῆθος μονάδων ἀορίστων,
Dioph. Def. 2 .
VIII. Rhet.,rhythmin Prose, in pl., D.H. Comp. 23 , Dem. 52 , cf. Arist. Rh. 1408b29 ; but also ἀριθμοὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων ποιητᾶν
SIG 703.7
(Delph.).
IX. lineof a book, Apollon. Cit. 2 .
X. sum of numerical valuesof letters in a name, Apoc. 13.17 ,al.;φιλῶ ἧς ἀριθμὸς φμέPompeian Inscr. in Rend.Linc. 10(1901).257 .
XI. unitof troops,=Lat.numerus, CIG 5187
(vi A. D.), BGU 673
(vi A. D.), etc.;= legio,
Jul.
ad Ath.
280d , Zos. 5.26 , PLond. 5.1711.69
(vi A. D.).
XII. Astrol., mostly in pl.,degrees traversed in a given time,
Ptol. Tetr. 112 , Doroth. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 6.107.30 ;τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀ.at her normalspeed,of the moon, Gal. 19.531 ; also ofdegreesof latitude, Heph.Astr. 2.8 , 3.1 .
XIII. Medic., in pl.,precise conditions, παρόντων τῶν πρὸς τὴν φλεβοτομίαν ἀριθμῶνHerod. Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.71 , cf. Aret. CA 2.3 , prob. in Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.2 ; cf. supr. 1.4 . [ῐ
E. El. 1132 , Ar. Nu. 1203 .] (ἀρῐ-θμόςfrom rootἀρι-,cf.ἐπάριτος(q. v.),νήριτος.)
