τέταρτος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare τέσσᾰρες (téssares, four).

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : τέσσαρες (téssares)
    Ordinal : τέταρτος (tétartos)
    Adverbial : τετράκις (tetrákis)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

τέτᾰρτος (tétartosm (feminine τετᾰ́ρτη, neuter τέτᾰρτον); first/second declension

  1. fourth
  2. (in neuter, τὸ τέταρτον, as an adverb) fourthly
    1. (elliptically for τέταρτος μέρος (méros)) fourth, quarter
  3. (in feminine)
    1. (elliptically for τετάρτη ἡμέρα (hēméra)) the fourth day
    2. (elliptically for τετάρτη μοῖρα (moîra)) a liquid measure (compare English quart); The Spartan kings had a μέδινος (médinos) of corn, and a τετάρτη (tetártē) of wine on the 1st and 7th of the month
      1. a fourth part

Inflection

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέταρτος (tétartos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.taɾ.tos/
  • Hyphenation: τέ‧ταρ‧τος

Adjective

τέταρτος (tétartosm (feminine τέταρτη, neuter τέταρτο)

  1. fourth (the ordinal form of τέσσερα)
    Η Τέταρτη Διεθνής υπέστη διάσπαση το 1940.
    I Tétarti Diethnís ypésti diáspasi to 1940.
    The Fourth International suffered a split in 1940

Declension

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