tessara-|ˈtɛsərə|also tessera-,a. Gr. τέσσαρα, -ερα, neuter pl. and comb. form of τέσσαρες, -ερες four, used in Greek compounds, and forming the first element in a few English words adopted from or formed on Greek. ˌtessaraˈdecad [decad], a group of fourteen. tessaradecaˈsyllabon [decasyllabon], a line of fourteen syllables. ˈtessaraˌglot a., in, of, or pertaining to four languages; = tetraglot. ˈtessaraˌkost [ad. Gr. τεσσαρακοστή a fortieth]: see quot. tessaˈraphthong [after diphthong], a group of four vowels. ˌtesseraˈtomic a. [after dichotomic], involving division into four parts.1855W. H. Mill Applic. Panth. Princ. (1861) 152 In the text of St. Matthew, dividing the *tessarodecads at the captivity.1874Farrar Christ 8 The symmetrical arrangement into tesseradecads.c1610Bolton Hypercritica iv. §3 Chapman's Iliads, those I mean which are translated into *Tessara-decasyllabons, or lines of fourteen Syllables.1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 73 Whose *Tessaraglott Bible [Complutensian Polyglot] was finish'd about 1517.1851Borrow Lavengro xiv. I. 191 A tessara-glot grammar..of the French, Italian, Low Dutch, and English tongues.1850Grote Greece ii. lxiii. VIII. 138 Receiving..three *tessarakosts (a Chian coin of unknown value) for each man among his seamen.1887Sat. Rev. 17 Dec. 818 What Mr. Gladstone would call the trichotomic, or rather the *tesseratomic, division of parties.

tessara-
combining form
or tessera- also tessar-
Etymology: Latin, from Greek tessara, tessera, neuter of tessares, tesseres, tettares four — more at four
: four
< tessaraglot >
< tesseradecade >

tessara-
tessera-

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕʹsərə—, IPA: /ˈtɛsəɹə—/

Prefix
(prevocalic form tessar-)

four

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ (téssara), the neuter plural and combining form of τέσσᾰρες (téssares, “four”); compare tetra-.

Synonyms

(four): quadr- (Latinate), tetra- (Grecian)

Derived terms

English words prefixed with tessara-

tesseract

tesseradecade

tessaradecasyllabon

tessaraglot

tessaraphthong

tesseratomic

Related terms

tessarakost

References

“tessara-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

词汇	tessara-
词根词缀	OED Webster Wiktionary tessara-\|ˈtɛsərə\|also tessera-,a. Gr. τέσσαρα, -ερα, neuter pl. and comb. form of τέσσαρες, -ερες four, used in Greek compounds, and forming the first element in a few English words adopted from or formed on Greek. ˌtessaraˈdecad [decad], a group of fourteen. tessaradecaˈsyllabon [decasyllabon], a line of fourteen syllables. ˈtessaraˌglot a., in, of, or pertaining to four languages; = tetraglot. ˈtessaraˌkost [ad. Gr. τεσσαρακοστή a fortieth]: see quot. tessaˈraphthong [after diphthong], a group of four vowels. ˌtesseraˈtomic a. [after dichotomic], involving division into four parts.1855W. H. Mill Applic. Panth. Princ. (1861) 152 In the text of St. Matthew, dividing the tessarodecads at the captivity.1874Farrar Christ* 8 The symmetrical arrangement into tesseradecads.c1610Bolton Hypercritica iv. §3 Chapman's Iliads, those I mean which are translated into Tessara-decasyllabons, or lines of fourteen Syllables.1716M. Davies Athen. Brit.* III. 73 Whose Tessaraglott Bible [Complutensian Polyglot] was finish'd about 1517.1851Borrow Lavengro* xiv. I. 191 A tessara-glot grammar..of the French, Italian, Low Dutch, and English tongues.1850Grote Greece ii. lxiii. VIII. 138 Receiving..three tessarakosts (a Chian coin of unknown value) for each man among his seamen.1887Sat. Rev. 17 Dec. 818 What Mr. Gladstone would call the trichotomic, or rather the tesseratomic, division of parties. tessara- combining form or tessera- also tessar- Etymology: Latin, from Greek tessara, tessera, neuter of tessares, tesseres, tettares four — more at four : four < tessaraglot > < tesseradecade > tessara- tessera- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕʹsərə—, IPA: /ˈtɛsəɹə—/ Prefix (prevocalic form tessar-) four Etymology From the Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ (téssara), the neuter plural and combining form of τέσσᾰρες (téssares, “four”); compare tetra-. Synonyms (four): quadr- (Latinate), tetra- (Grecian) Derived terms ► English words prefixed with tessara- tesseract tesseradecade tessaradecasyllabon tessaraglot tessaraphthong tesseratomic Related terms tessarakost References “tessara-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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