“isopsephic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

isopsephic

释义

isopsephic, a. (n.)|aɪsəʊˈpsɛfɪk, -ˈsiːfɪk|
[f. Gr. ἰσοψηϕία, f. ἰσόψηϕ-ος (f. ἴσος equal + ψῆϕος pebble, counter) + -ic.]
Of equal numerical value; said of words in which the numerical values of the letters (according to the ancient Greek notation) made up the same amount. Also as n. (in pl.) Isopsephic verses. So isopsephism |aɪsəʊˈpsiːfɪz(ə)m|, isopsephic relation.
1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 291 note, They [the Greeks] called verses isopsephics when their letters made up numerically the same sum...On the Gnostic gems the word Abraxas is used as isopsephic to Meithras (the Sun) because the letters of both names = 325.1886― Hist. Interpr. ii. 98 This method resembled the Greek isopsephism and consisted in establishing mystic relations between different conceptions, based on the numerical equivalence of value in the letters by which they are expressed.

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