Book:Euclid/The Elements/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Euclid's The Elements
The name of The Elements in Greek is Stoicheion.
This literally means one of a series.
Hence it may be suggested that technically it ought to be Stoicheia, which is the plural form.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Euclid (c. 300-260 bc)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Euclid (c.300-260 bc)