eicosaedrum

English

Etymology

From εἴκοσι (eíkosi) (twenty) + ἕδρα (hédra) (seat, base).

Noun

eicosaedrum

  1. Obsolete form of icosahedron.
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 5189:
      […] That there are Five regular Bodies in Geometry, neither more nor less, viz., the Cube, the Tetraedrum, the Octaedrum, the Dodecaedrum and the Eicosaedrum […]
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