tetrapla
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek τετραπλᾶ (tetraplâ), neuter plural of τετραπλοῦς (tetraploûs, “fourfold”), from τετρα- (tetra-, “tetra-: four”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”).
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Noun
tetrapla (plural tetraplas)
- A text presented in four parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Bible presented in such a fashion by Origen.
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- “tetrapla, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. - “tetrapla”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
