tetrakis legomenon

Meanings

1. A word occurring only four times in a given corpus.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́κῐς (-ắkĭs) Ancient Greek τετράκῐς (tetrákĭs) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λεγόμενον (legómenon) Ancient Greek τετράκῐς λεγόμενον (tetrákĭs legómenon)bor. English tetrakis 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).