This is the system we discuss.
Attic greek numbers.
Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.
These ionic or alphabetical numerals were simply a cipher system in which nine greek letters were assigned to the numbers 1 9 nine more to the numbers 10 90 and nine more to 100 900.
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.
By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals.
This is the system we discuss.
Or so used only six symbols.
Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.
Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented.
The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophisticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.
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.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian they are also known as acrophonic numerals because the symbols derive from the first letters of the words that the symbols represent.
Five ten hundred thousand and ten thousand.
In addition to singular and plural numbers attic greek had the dual number.
The attic or herodianic system of numerals was the first numeral system used in ancient greece.
The attics are a number system used by the early greek.
This was used to refer to two of.
By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals.
The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophis ticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.
This system which arose around 500 b c.
The arithmetic operation in attic numbers seems to be difficult but the division is calculated as we calculate today.
Thousands were often indicated by placing a bar at the left of the corresponding numeral.