Attic Greek Numbers

To each figure of a unit 1 9 a letter is assigned to each ten 10 90 another letter and to each hundred 100 900 another letter.

Attic greek numbers.

The earliest alphabet related system of numerals used with the greek letters was a set of the acrophonic attic numerals operating much like roman numerals which derived from this scheme with the following formula. In addition to singular and plural numbers attic greek had the dual number. And again pythagoras maintains the power of the number 10 lies in the number 4 the tetrad. Five ten hundred thousand and ten thousand.

This was used to refer to two of. Who described the system in his writings. The arithmetic operation in attic numbers seems to be difficult but the division is calculated as we calculate today. All greeks and all barbarians alike count up to ten and having reached ten revert again to the unity.

This is the system we discuss. The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophisticated than the egyptian though it was non positional. Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2 nd century a d. This is the reason.

The attics are a number system used by the early greek. The attic or herodianic system of numerals was the first numeral system used in ancient greece. Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented. Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.

This is the system we discuss. The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophis ticated than the egyptian though it was non positional. A sharp accent is placed at the end of the group to distinguish numbers from letters. This section mentions only some of the attic peculiarities.

By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals. If one starts at the unit 1 and adds the successive number up to 4 one will make up the number 10 1 2 3 4 10. The attic numerals are a symbolic number notation used by the ancient greeks they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian. This system which arose around 500 b c.

The word attic refers to the place attica which is the main city of athens. Attic greek grammar is to a large extent ancient greek grammar or at least when the latter topic is presented it is with the peculiarities of the attic dialect. ι 1 π 5 δ 10 πδ 50 η 100 πη 500 χ 1000 πχ 5000 μ 10000 and πμ 50000. Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.

By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals.