tetractys

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tetractys

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρακτύς (tetraktús).

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A triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows, representing the fourth triangular number and having mystical significance to the Pythagoreans. ON the subway home, I noticed that the tattoo-esque logo for Solange includes a honeybee sitting in the middle of what looked like an early design by the 17th-century mystic Jakob Böhme: a flaming tetractys.

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"tetractys." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tetractys. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"tetractys." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tetractys.

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@misc{tetractys_2026,
  title = {tetractys},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tetractys},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}