Harry Foundalis' Greek Enumeration system
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Going Beyond Bowers : Harry Foundalis
Jonathan Bowers' takes -illion numbers to impressive heights, yet there is one other person I've found who takes it one step further! The only catch is the system is completely in greek. Harry Foundalis has extended the greek number system to lengths even more drastic than Bowers. To be able to discuss his system however, I will need to have a way to convert his greek into something I can write with ascii symbols. I am not going to do a careful conversion of the pronouncation, but I will use a very simple transliteration of it. Here is a table of the greek letters and what letter(s) I will use to represent them...
1 = ena
2 = duo
3 = tria
4 = tessera
5 = pente
6 = eksi
7 = epta
8 = oktoh
9 = ennea
10 = deka
11 = endeka
12 = dohdeka
13 = deka-tria
14 = deka-tessera
15 = deka-pente
16 = deka-eksi
17 = deka-epta
18 = deka-oktoh
19 = deka-ennea
20 = eikosi
21 = eikosi ena
22 = eikosi duo
23 = eikosi tria
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30 = trianta
40 = saranta
50 = penehnta
60 = eksehnta
70 = ebdomehnta
80 = ogdonta
90 = enenehnta
100 = ekato
101 = ekaton ena
102 = ekaton duo
103 = ekaton tria
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110 = ekaton deka
111 = ekaton endeka
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120 = ekaton eikosi
121 = ekaton eikosi ena
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199 = ekaton enenehnta ennea
200 = diakosia
300 = triakosia
400 = tetrakosia
500 = pentakosia
600 = eksakosia
700 = eptakosia
800 = oktakosia
900 = enniakosia
1000 = khilia
1934 = khilia enniakosia trianta tessera
2000 = duo khiliadeks
3000 = tria khiliadeks
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10,000 = deka khiliadeks
100,000 = ekato khiliadeks
1,000,000 = ena ekatommurio
2,000,000 = duo ekatommuria
3,000,000 = tria ekatommuria
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10,000,000 = deka ekatommuria
100,000,000 = ekato ekatommuria
1,000,000,000 = ena disekatommurio
1,000,000,000,000 = ena trisekatommurio
10^15 = ena tetrakiks-ekatommurio
10^18 = ena pentakiks-ekatommurio
10^21 = ena eksakiks-ekatommurio
10^24 = A(7) = ena eptakiks-ekatommurio
10^27 = A(8) = ena oktakiks-ekatommurio
10^30 = A(9) = ena enneakiks-ekatommurio
10^33 = A(10) = ena dekakiks-ekatommurio
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10^93 = A(30) = ena triacontakiks-ekatommurio
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10^303 = A(100) = ena ekatontakiks-ekatommurio
10^603 = A(200) = ena diakosiakiks-ekatommurio
10^903 = A(300) = ena triskosiakiks-ekatommurio
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10^3003 = A(1000) = ena khiliakiks-ekatommurio
10^6003 = A(2000) = ena diakhiliakiks-ekatommurio
10^9003 = A(3000) = ena triskhiliakiks-ekatommurio
10^12,003 = A(4000) = ena tetrakhiliakiks-ekatommurio
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10^30,003 = A(10,000) = ena dekakhiliakiks-ekatommurio
10^300,003 = A(100,000) = ena ekatontakhiliakiks-ekatommurio
10^3,000,003 = A(1,000,000) = ena ekatommuriakiks-ekatommurio
10^3,000,000,000,003 = A(10^12) = ena ekatommuriakiks-ekatommuriakiks-ekatomurio
10^(3x(10^18)+3) = A(10^18) = ena ekatommuriakiks-ekatommuriakiks-ekatomuriakiks-ekatomurio
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end of first HF system.