Re: Country names

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> Anyone here know Greek?  Was there a systematic alternation
> between "tessares" and "tettares", or was it random, or
> are they from different dialects, or what?
My AncientGreek-to-Russian dictionary says:

<<te'ssares, te'ssara; [Ionic] te'sseres; [Attic] te'ttares; [Doric] te'ttores
and te'tores; [Eolic] pi'syres -- four>>

No comments needed, I hope.

The same dic lists lots of A.G. words startings with "tetra-", e.g.:
tetra'gonos "with four corners"
tetra'kyklos "with four wheels"
tetra'poys (Gen. -podos) "with four legs"
tetrapha'le:ros "with four combs"

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