The corpus record

τετρᾰγων-ίζω

tetragonizo

make square, square

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Where it lives

Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

τετρᾰγων-ίζω · tetragōn-izō — LSJ

make square, square, form, as their square, square

make square, square, of lines or numbers, Pl. R. 527a, Arist. Metaph. 996b21; ὅσαι γραμμαὶ τὸν ἰσόπλευρον . . ἀριθμὸν τετραγωνίζουσι all lines which form an equilateral number as their square, Pl. Tht. 148a; τ. τὸν κύκλον square the circle, Arist. SE 171b16:—Pass., Id. APr. 69a31.

2 to be in quartile aspect

Astrol., to be in quartile aspect, Ptol. Tetr. 34.

In the wild

τετραγωνίζεσθαι · tetragōnizesthai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1424)
τετραγωνισθείη · tetragōnistheiē Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
τετραγωνίζειν · tetragōnizein Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 468)
τετραγωνίζειν · tetragōnizein Plato, Republic 7.527 (DIORISIS sentence 4426)
τετραγωνίζουσι · tetragōnizousi Plato, Theaetetus 148

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