προστίθημι
prostithēmi

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-09
Primary meaning to add
Literal translation to add
Variants
προστίθημι prostithēmi
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to add additive operation, arithmetical operation, mathematical operation

προσθήσομ(εν) ὡς ἔ- φην [τ]ὰ δ(ια)φορὰ ἑξηκοστὰ τοῖς ἀν[ωμ]αλοῖς

‘we add as I said(?) the sixtieths of difference to the non-uniform (day-and-nights)’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 3, col. i, l. 6-8

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: 32-33


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). προστίθημι (Lemma #2694). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2694/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). προστίθημι (Lemma #2694). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2694/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). προστίθημι (Lemma #2694). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2694/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) προστίθημι (Lemma #2694), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2694/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2694,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {προστίθημι ({Lemma} #2694)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2694/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2694/},
}