NUMBER
Additive Analysis
Cumulative Analysis · Hippolytus of Rome
Units, tens, hundreds
WHAT IT IS
You divide the letters into three groups by their "order": Units (1–9), Tens (10–90), Hundreds (100–800). You sum each group separately and see where the word "weighs."
HISTORY & SOURCES
Analysis by units/tens/hundreds reflects the Greek numerical structure of three orders. Hippolytus mentions that the Gnostics analyze lexarithms by order to find "hidden" relations. Words weighing on the hundreds were considered "lofty" — close to the Divine.
HOW IT WORKS
- Word: ΛΟΓΟΣ
- Units: Γ=3 → total 3
- Tens: Λ=30, Ο=70, Ο=70 → total 170
- Hundreds: Σ=200 → total 200
- Lexarithmos: 3+170+200 = 373
CONCLUSION
The distribution reveals whether the word "moves" in the field of matter (units), the soul (tens), or the spirit (hundreds).
SOURCES
Hippolytus, Refutatio IV · Barry (1999)