diatessaron

Meanings

1. The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
2. A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
3. An electuary compounded of four medicines.

Etymology

From Latin diatessarōn, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”)).