tetrakis legomenon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τετράκις λεγόμενον (tetrákis legómenon, “(something) said only four times”), from τετράκις (tetrákis, “four times”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Noun

tetrakis legomenon (plural tetrakis legomena)

1. (rare, linguistics) A word occurring only four times in a given corpus.

Related terms

• dis legomenon
• hapax legomenon
• tris legomenon