mathematicus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mathēmaticus (“mathematician”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.teːˈmaː.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧the‧ma‧ti‧cus

Noun

mathematicus m (plural mathematici or mathematicussen, diminutive mathematicusje n)

1. a mathematician, person studying or versed in mathematics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰeːˈma.ti.kus/, [mät̪ʰeːˈmät̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.teˈma.ti.kus/, [mät̪eˈmäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

mathēmaticus (feminine mathēmatica, neuter mathēmaticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical.

   Synonym: (Medieval Latin) mathēmaticālis

Noun

mathēmaticus m (genitive mathēmaticī); second declension

1. mathematician
2. astrologer, wizard

References

• “mathematicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mathematicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mathematicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw a mathematical conclusion: mathematicorum ratione concludere aliquid
    
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary