tetrapla means A text presented in four parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Bible presented in such a fashion by Origen. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
tetrapla is pronounced /ˈtɛtrəplə/.
Why “tetrapla” is a great word
TETRAPLA — [Noun] A scholarly edition of a text, particularly sacred scripture, arranged with four different versions presented in parallel columns for comparative study. From the Ancient Greek τετραπλᾶ (tetraplâ), neuter plural of τετραπλοῦς (tetraploûs, "fourfold"), from τετρα- (tetra-, "four") + -πλόος (-plóos, "-fold"). Unlike a hexapla (which expands the structure to six versions) or a diglot (which denotes a simple bilingual text without the rigorous synoptic framework), a tetrapla is a deliberate scaffold of four witnesses laid bare. It is the ruled architecture of a vellum page, the silent chorus of four ancient tongues in adjacent columns, and the scholar's eye tracing a vertical path from the crisp authority of one text to the interpretive drift of another—a monument to the faith that truth emerges not from a single voice, but from the careful arrangement of its echoes.
noun
- A text presented in four parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Bible presented in such a fashion by Origen.