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                    "description": "<b>ύος (ἡ)<\/b> le nombre quaternaire, <i>càd<\/i>. le nombre 10 formé par l’addition des quatre premiers nombres (1 + 2 + 3 + 4), <i>fondement de toutes choses dans la doctrine pythagoricienne,<\/i> PYTHAG. <i>Aur. carm. 47 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>M. 381<\/i> f ; LUC. <i>Philopatr. 12<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. τετράς.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ύος, ἡ, (&lt; τετράς) Pythagorean name for <b>the sum of the first four numbers<\/b>, i.e. 10 (= 1+2+3+4), ναὶ μὰ τὸν ἁμετέρᾳ ψυχᾷ παραδόντα τετρακτύν, παγὰν ἀενάου φύσεως <i>Carm.Aur.<\/i> 48, cf. S.E. <i>M.<\/i> 7.94, TheoSm. p. 94 H., Hierocl. <i>in CA<\/i> 20 p. 465M.<br\/><b>the four terms<\/b> (6; 8; 9; 10) <b>of the proportion corresponding to the chief musical intervals<\/b>, Nicom. <i>Exc.<\/i> 7, 10; also <b>their sum<\/b> + 1 (= 36), <i>ibid.<\/i> ; <b>the sum of the first<\/b> 8 <b>numbers<\/b>, Plu. 2.381f."
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