A history of Greek mathematics Vol.II from Aristarchus to Diophantus by Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1921

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INDEX OF GREEK WORDS 567
568 INDEX OF GREEK WORDS
vuaaa, goal
"
or end of race-course
114.
6fio\as, obol : sign for, 31, 49, 50.
'oXvixttiovIkcii, work by Eratosthenes
ii. 109.
ovv£, a wedge-shaped figure ii. 319,
ii. 333.
^
opyavonot'iKi) 18.
dpdios, -a, -ov, right or perpendicular
: dpdia rcXevpd, latus rectum
ii. 139 : opBia Sidperpos, erect
'
diameter ',
in double hyuerbola,
ii. 134.
opifriv : copior/LttVo?, defined, i.e. determinate
94, 340.
6[)i((oi> (kvkXos), dividing circle :
horizon (Eucl.) 351, 352.
Zpos, (1) definition 373: (2) limit
or boundary 293 : (3) term (in a
proportion) 306 n.
ovdefiia or ovdcv, sign for (0), 39,45.
ttci j3co Kai Ktva rav yav, saying of
Archimedes ii. 18.
Trap r)V bwavrai (al KarnydpevaiTeTaypevcos),
expression for parameter
of orclinates ii. 139.
7ra/>a (8oXr;, application: tt.tTa6\o S 176, ii. 104.
nepaivovaa Troaorqs = unit, 69.
nepas, limit or extremity 293
limiting surface 166 : nepas avyicXelov,
definition of figure ii. 221.
7rf piaard prior, odd-even : with Neo-
Pythagoreans is of form
2" + 1 (2m+l), 72.
7T€pt(To-(k, -17, -dv, odd, q.v.
TTfTT€ia 19.
TTqXiKos, -t], -ov, how great (of magnitude)
12.
nrj\iK(Wr)s, size 384.
nXdyios, -a, -oi*, transverse : nXayia
ftuip.€Tpo$ or likcvpd ii. 139.
TrXaarpctTiKo?, -dv, (easily) formable
ii. 487.
nX'/T&)"iK(5, spherical : used of
cube numbers ending in 5 or 6,
107-8.
acfijKio-Kos, stake, a form of solid
number, 107.
(rcprjviaKos, wedge, a solid of a certain
form, measurement of, ii. 332-3 :
a solid number, 107, ii. 315, ii.
319.
(r\;eo-ip, relation 384.
(rxriP-nTOTToulv. to form a figure ii.
226.
TakavTov, sign for (T), 31, 50.
Tapdaa-ftv : (di > taov) iv TCTapuypevt)
dvaXoyia, in disturbed proportion
386.
Tuaaeiv : T(Tayp.epov, assigned = da*
turn ii. 192, ii. 537: at Karayofievat
TeT(iyp,eva>s (ev#etm), (straight
lines) drawn ordinate-wise = ordinates
ii. 139: reray^evas kitrjxBai
ii. 134.
Tcixos, speed : nep\ Tax&v, work by
Eudoxus 329.
reXuos, -a, -ov, perfect : WAetos dpiBfi6s
74, 101.
Teraprnpopinv, J-
of obol, sign for, 31,
49, 50.
TiTpnyoivi&iv, to square : »/ rerpn-ycovi(ovo~a
(ypa/x/xjj), the quadratrix
225, ii. 359.
T€Tpay(x>vio-p6s, squaring 173.
TcrpaKTvs 75, 99??., 313, ii. 241.
TerpmrXr} Bvvnpis = 8th power of
unknown (Egyptian term) ii.
546.
rprifia, segment : used of lunes as
well as segments of circles 184 :
segments or sectors 187-9 : rpf r
para = l/360th parts of circumference
and l/120th parts of
diameter of circle (Ptolemy) 45.
ropevs, shoemaker's knife, term for
sector of circle 381.
Top,t], section : tci nepl rr)u Top^v
(Proclus) 324-5.
ro7rof, locus :
<
classifications of loci
218-19, ii. 185 : tottoi npus ypapp,al?,
tottoi irpos ent(paveiai$ (-a)
218-19, 439 : tottoi npbs peaGTr]Tas
ii. 105 : t:'.7tos dvaXv6p.evos, Treasury
of Analysis, q. v.
Topvos, circle-drawer 78, 308.
Tpiyavos dpi0p.6s, triangular number,
15-16.
TptKoXovpos, thrice-truncated 107.
TpinXevpov, three-side, Menelaus's
term for spherical triangle ii.
262.
Tpi&ftoXov, sign for, 49.
vdpia copoo-KOTTela, water-clocks ii.
309.
vKap^ts, forthcoming :
positive term
dist. from negative (Xav/z-i?) ii.
459.
hixcmpfpT]^, subsuperpartiens, reciprocal
Of €7Tipepr)S 102.
vTT€TTip.6pios, subsuperpaiiicularis, reciprocal
of eVijudpios 101.
vTTfpfioXt), exceeding (in application
of areas) : name given to hyperbola
150, ii. 138.
vTrepreXeios, v7repTfXr)fx-'v(A>v, work by
Ptolemy ii. 293.
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