Etymology

tetrakis legomenon

Today it means: A word occurring only four times in a given corpus. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τετράκις λεγόμενον
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτετράκις λεγόμενον“(something) said only four times”
  2. English todaytetrakis legomenon

From Ancient Greek τετράκις λεγόμενον (tetrákis legómenon, “(something) said only four times”), from τετράκις (tetrákis, “four times”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

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