πολυπλασιασμός
poluplasiasmos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-09
Primary meaning multiplication
Literal translation multiplication
Variants
πολυπλασιασμός poluplasiasmos
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multiplication arithmetical operation, multiplicative operation, mathematical operation

..[ π]ολυπλασία[σον] [ἐπὶ τὰς ἤτοι] πρὸ μεσημ- βριας ἢ μετὰ μεσημβρί[αν] ὥρ(ας) κ(αὶ) τὸν γινόμεν(ον) ἀριθμ(ὸν) [ἐ]κ τοῦ πολυπλασιασμοῦ π(αρά)- βαλε π(αρὰ) τ(ὸν) ιεʹ.

‘... multiply [by the] hours [whether] before noon or after noon, and the number resulting from the multiplication divide by 15.’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 4-9

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 26

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). πολυπλασιασμός (Lemma #2672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2672/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). πολυπλασιασμός (Lemma #2672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2672/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). πολυπλασιασμός (Lemma #2672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2672/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) πολυπλασιασμός (Lemma #2672), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2672/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2672,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {πολυπλασιασμός ({Lemma} #2672)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2672/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2672/},
}