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τετράπλευρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τετράπλευρος τετράπλευρον

Structure: τετραπλευρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pleuro/n

Sense

  1. four-sided

Examples

  • ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὸν τάφον ἑαυτῷ κατασκευάσαι πυραμίδα τετράπλευρον ἐπιστήσαντα, καὶ τὸν θαυμαζόμενον παρὰ πολλοῖσ λαβύρινθον οἰκοδομῆσαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 89 3:5)
  • Ἔστω κύκλοσ ὁ ΑΒΓΔ, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τετράπλευρον ἔστω τὸ ΑΒΓΔ· (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop382)
  • ἰσόπλευρον ἄρα ἐστὶ τὸ ΑΒΓΔ τετράπλευρον. (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop91)
  • ὀρθογώνιον ἄρα ἐστὶ τὸ ΑΒΓΔ τετράπλευρον. (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop96)
  • καὶ ἐπεὶ ἴση ἐστὶν ἡ ΑΓ τῇ ΒΔ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ μὲν ΑΓ ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν ΗΘ, ΖΚ, ἡ δὲ ΒΔ ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν ΗΖ, ΘΚ ἐστιν ἴση [καὶ ἑκατέρα ἄρα τῶν ΗΘ, ΖΚ ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν ΗΖ, ΘΚ ἐστιν ἴση], ἰσόπλευρον ἄρα ἐστὶ τὸ ΖΗΘΚ τετράπλευρον. (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop114)
  • Καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐν κύκλῳ τετράπλευρόν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΓΔ, τῶν δὲ ἐν τοῖσ κύκλοισ τετραπλεύρων αἱ ἀπεναντίον γωνίαι δυσὶν ὀρθαῖσ ἴσαι εἰσίν [αἱ ἄρα ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ, ΑΔΓ γωνίαι δυσὶν ὀρθαῖσ ἴσαι εἰσίν], καί ἐστιν ἡ ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ ἐλάττων ὀρθῆσ· (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop520)
  • καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐν κύκλῳ τετράπλευρόν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΓΔ, αἱ ἀπεναντίον αὐτοῦ γωνίαι δυσὶν ὀρθαῖσ ἴσαι εἰσίν. (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop543)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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