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ἀριθμός [α^],
3. ἀριθμῷ, abs., in certain numbers, Hdt.6.58; but “δένδρα ἀριθμῷ ὑμέτεραby tale, Th.2.72; “. διδόναιDionys.Com.3.6.
6. mere number, quantity, opp. quality, ταῦτ᾽ οὐκ . ἐστιν, πάτερ, λόγων a mere set of words, S.OC382; of men, οὐκ . ἄλλως not a mere lot, E.Tr.476; “ἀριθμός, πρόβατ᾽ ἄλλωςAr. Nu.1203; sometimes even of a single man, οὐκ ἀριθμὸν ἀλλ᾽ ἐτητύμως ἄνδρ᾽ ὄντα not a mere unit, E.Heracl.997; also ἀριθμὸν πληροῦν to be a mere cipher, Chor.Milt.66.
II. numbering, counting, μάσσων ἀριθμοῦ past counting, Pi.N.2.23; esp. in phrases, . ποιεῖσθαι τῶν νεῶν to hold a muster of . . , Hdt.8.7; “ποιεῖνX.An.7.1.7, etc.; παρεῖναι εἰς τὸν . ib.II; εἴ τι δυνατὸν ἐς . ἐλθεῖν can be stated in numbers, Th.2.72.
IV. in Philos., abstract number, Arist.Cat.4b23, Metaph.990a19, al.; . μαθηματικός ib.1090b35; . οὐσιώδης, opp. τοῦ ποσοῦ, Plot.5.5.4; . 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.; “ τέσσαρα .S.E.M.7.96; παιδὸς ., = δεκάτη, E.El. 1132.
VII. unknown quantity (x), defined as πλῆθος μονάδων ἀορίστων, Dioph.Def.2.
VIII. Rhet., rhythm in Prose, in pl., D.H.Comp.23, Dem.52, cf. Arist.Rh.1408b29; but also “ἀριθμοὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων ποιητᾶνSIG703.7 (Delph.).
IX. line of a book, Apollon. Cit.2.
X. sum of numerical values of letters in a name, Apoc.13.17,al.; φιλῶ ἧς ἀριθμὸς φμέ Pompeian Inscr. in Rend.Linc.10(1901).257.
XI. unit of troops, = Lat. numerus, CIG5187 (vi A. D.), BGU673 (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 . at her normal speed, of the moon, Gal.19.531; also of degrees of latitude, Heph.Astr.2.8,3.1.
XIII. Medic., in pl., precise conditions, παρόντων τῶν πρὸς τὴν φλεβοτομίαν ἀριθμῶν Herod.Med.in Rh.Mus.58.71, cf. Aret.CA2.3, prob. in Herod.Med. ap. Aët.9.2; cf. supr.1.4. [ι^ E.El.1132, Ar.Nu.1203.] (ἀρι^-θμός from root ἀρι-, cf. ἐπάριτος (q. v.), νήριτος.
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