Diatessaron Definition

dīə-tĕsər-ən
noun
The four Gospels combined into a single account.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Diatessaron

Noun

Singular:
diatessaron
Plural:
diatessara, diatessarons

Origin of Diatessaron

  • Middle English interval of a fourth from Latin diatessarōn made of four from Greek dia tessarōn out of four dia according to dia– tessarōn genitive of tessares four kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, from Ancient Greek διά (dia, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessarōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (tessares, “four”)).

    From Wiktionary

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