Greek Numerical Prefixes

    Here is a list of common Greek prefixes used in naming polygons and polyhedra. Follow with -gon for a plane figure or with -hedron for a polyhedron. Build up names in the same order as in English, for example a 128-sided polygon is called a hecatoicosioctagon.

    • 1 mono
    • 2 di
    • 3 tri
    • 4 tetra
    • 5 penta
    • 6 hexa
    • 7 hepta
    • 8 octa
    • 9 ennea
    • 10 deca
    • 11 hendeca
    • 12 dodeca
    • 13 triskaideca
    • 14 tetrakaideca
    • 15 pentakaideca
    • 16 hexakaideca
    • 17 heptakaideca
    • 18 octakaideca
    • 19 enneakaideca
    • 20 icosa (or icosi)
    • 24 icositetra
    • 30 triconta or triaconta
    • 40 tetraconta
    • 50 pentaconta
    • 60 hexeconta (or hexaconta)
    • 70 heptaconta
    • 80 octaconta
    • 90 enneaconta
    • 100 hecto or hecato

    Virtual Polyhedra, (c) 1996, George W. Hart