τέσσᾰρες, οἱ, αἱ, τέσσαρα, τά,
gen. ων: dat. τέσσαρσι (ν) Th. 2.21, [Act 12:4], etc.; poet. τέτρᾰσι Hes. Fr. 188, Pi. O. 8.68, al., and in late Prose, as LXX Jd. 9.34, Str. 13.1.3, Hermog. Meth. 29, Alex.Aphr. in Top. 208.12, in Sens. 54.18, PSI 10.1126.9 (iii A.D.), v.l. in [Act 11:5] (cod. D), and in good codd. of Arist. IA 704a11, al., Theol.Ar. 19, etc.; also τέταρσι SIG 729.3 (Delph., i B.C.), PSI 9.1028.10 (i A.D.): - Att. τέττᾰρες, τέττᾰρα, dat. τέτταρσιν Isoc. 12.3; also τάρων (v. τάρες) for τεττάρων; Phocian dat. τεττάροις IG 9(1).32.78 (Stiris, ii B.C.): - Ion. and later Gr. τέσσερες, τέσσερα, SIG 57.25 (Milet., v B.C.), Schwyzer 289.120 (Rhodian, ii B.C.), etc. (dat. τέσσερσι Hdt. 6.41, τεσσέρασιν SIG 633.98 (Milet., ii B.C.)), but τέσσαρες in Hom., and Schwyzer 707 B 4 (Ephesus, vi B.C.), etc.: codd. of LXX have τέσσαρες (nom. and acc.), τεσσάρων, τέσσαρσι, but τέσσερα(ς), τεσσεράκοντα; since however τέσσερα (ς) and τεσσεράκοντα, apart from Ion., are not common in Papyri before ii A.D., the LXX autographs prob. had τέσσαρα (ς) and τεσσαράκοντα; the form τέσσερα (ς) is here due to avoidance by the copyists of the sequence ε-α-α: - Dor. τέτορες, τέτορα, Hes. Op. 698, Phoc. 3, Simon. 91, Epich. 149, SIG 240 I 8 (Delph., iv B.C.), al., Theoc. 14.16: - (prob. Aeol.) πίσῠρες [ῐ] Od. 5.70, 16.249, A.R. 2.1110, Nic. Th. 182; acc. πίσῠρας Od. 22.111, Il. 15.680, al., Call. Dian. 105, IGRom. 4.360.26 (Pergam., ii A.D.); gen. πισύρων Dam. Isid. 290 (metrical?), prob. in Hsch.; dat. πισύρεσσι, πισύροισι, -ῃσι, -αις, Nonn. D. 16.119, 38.176, 236, 39.377, AP 14.7.4: Aeol. also πέσῠρες, neut. πέσῠρα Epigr.Gr. 988.6 (Balbilla); and πέσσῠρες, πέσσῠρα, Hsch.: - Boeot. πέττᾰρες, α (q.v.): -
four, Od. 9.335, etc.; διὰ τεττάρων the musical interval of the fourth, Damox. 2.55, etc.; τὰ τέσσαρα the four simple bodies of Empedocles, Plot. 6.2.2; the four kinds of quality or four Aristotelian senses of ποιόν, Id. 6.1.10; the four cardinal principles of Epicurus (cf. τετραφάρμακος), Phld. Herc. 1251.11. (Cf. Skt. catvâ´ras (acc. catúras), Lat. quattuor, Lith. keturì, etc.: I.- E. q[uglide]et[uglide]or -.)
G5064 — τέσσαρες
τεσσάρων, οἱ, αἱ, τέσσαρα, τά, genitive τεσσάρων, dative τέσσαρσιν ((Lachmann reads τεσσερες 7 times to 33, Tdf. 6 to 35, Tr 6 to 33, WH 6 to 34; Lachmann sometimes has τεσσερα, T Tr WH always; L Tr sometimes have τεσσερας (see WHs Appendix, p. 150)); but no editor adopts epsilon (e) in the genitive or the dative; see τεσσαράκοντα and references), four: [Mat 24:31]; [Mar 2:3]; [Luk 2:37]; [Joh 11:17]; [Act 10:11]; [Rev 4:4], etc.
G5064 — τεσσερ(
[ see
τεσσαρ( (cf. Meisterhans, § 21, 4)]
G5064 — τετρα(
, in composition equivalent to
τετορα, Aeolic (Doric rather) for
τέσσαρα.
τέσσαρες
(and Ion . and late - ερεν , and late acc - εν ; v. WH , App ., 150; M , Pr., 36, 45 f .), οἱ , αἱ , - αρα , τά , gen ., - ων , four: [Mat 24:31], [Mar 2:3], [Luk 2:37], [Joh 11:17]; [Joh 19:23], [Act 10:11], [Rev 4:4]; [Rev 4:6], al.