mathematicalis

Forms

mathēmaticālis (neuter mathēmaticāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin mathēmatica + -ālis.^[1] The DMLBS classes it as medieval Latin.^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

The DMLBS's examples come from Roger Bacon, who sets mathematical things beside metaphysical ones, as well as Wyclif's logic, which speaks of mathematical and geometrical arguments.^[2]

Semantic evolution

Bacon held that even the roughest clerics could learn mathematical things, mathematicalia.^[2] Nicholas of Cusa counts mathematical objects among the most abstract and the most certain things we know,^[3] and Ramminger notes that Filelfo uses it generally of the calculating sciences, arithmetic, astronomy, geometry and music.^[3] Polish scholastic texts speak of mathematical entities, entia mathematicalia.^[4]

Timeline

• 15th century – A Polish grammatical text compares a grammatical figure with a mathematical one, the semicircle.^[4]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Of or relating to mathematics, mathematical.^[2][1][3]

Noun

1. (neuter plural mathematicalia) Mathematical things; mathematics.^[2][4]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, www.neulatein.de
4. ^ a b c Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl