gematria (gem a tri a)

[Heb., a transliteration of Gr. γεωμετρία, geometry.] A cabalistic system of Hebrew Biblical interpretation, consisting in the substitution for a word of any other the numerical values of whose letters gave the same sum. It must be observed that the supposed antiquity of gematria depends solely on a conjectural comment on Zechariah xii. 10. There is no clear instance of gematria before Christian writers were strongly under Platonic influence, e. g., Rev. xiii. 18; Barnabas ix. Gow . IMG:content-2184.png:[blocks in formation] lying east of Taurus, on the other side of the Milky Way. It represents the two youths Castor and Pollux, sitting side by side. In the heads of the twins respectively are situated the two bright stars which go by their names-Castor to the west, a greenish star inter nated, ppr. geminating. [ It. gem in are = Sp. geminar ), double, pair, geminus, born at the same time, twin: see Gemini.] I. trans. To double. [Rare.] W.... is but the v. geminated in the full sound, and though it have the seate of a consonant with us, the power is always vowellish, even where it leads the vowell in any syllable. B. Jonson, English Grammar. The delimitation by Meister hans of the date in Attic inscriptions (550 B. c.) before which medial consonants are not geminated . Amer . Jour. Philol ., IX. 354. The art of cut form of geometry. gem-cutting (jem'kut"ing), n. ting and polishing precious stones. gemel (jem'el), n. [Also gemmel (and gimmal, gimbal, q. v.), ME. gemew, jemew, gymew, gymmew, gymowe, later gemmcw, gemmow, etc.), F. jumeau Sp. gemelo Pg. gemeo = It. gemello, twin, = For under it a cave, whose entrance streight Clos'd with a stone-wrought doore of no meane weight; Yet from itselfe the gemels beaten so That little strength could thrust it to and fro. see the verb.] Twin; combined in pairs; binate. We desire of your Maiestie to vouchsafe from hencefoorth to conserue and continue the geminate disposition of your beneuolences, both generally to all our subiects, and also priuately to this our beloued seruant. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 340. Geminate leaves, in bot., leaves that are in pairs, one leaf beside the other, and attached to the same point of the stem. - Geminate ocellus, in entom., a phrase denoting two ocellated spots when they are surrounded by a single colored ring. - Geminate spots, in entom., spots in pairs side by side, and close together or touching each other. [Obsolete or archaic.]