mathematicus Latin · revision 34056

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=grc μαθηματικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ma.tʰeːˈma.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ma.teˈmaː.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mathēmaticus''' (feminine mathēmatica, neuter mathēmaticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|μαθηματικός|tr=mathēmatikós|t=mathematical]],^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|μάθημα|tr=máthēma|t=what is learnt, knowledge]], from [[m|grc|μανθάνω|tr=manthánō|t=to learn]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary) The noun is the adjective used as a substantive.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks in ''De Oratore'' of mathematics and music.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it means of mathematics, that is of arithmetic, geometry and the allied sciences;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius lists geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music among the mathematical disciplines.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means of astrology, as in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes that, following Greek usage, the noun first named those who studied the liberal disciplines.^(TLL) As a noun it is a mathematician: Varro names two noble mathematicians.^(OLD 2012) It also means an astrologer;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Seneca writes, in the ''Apocolocyntosis'', that astrologers should be allowed to tell the truth for once.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of mathematics.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of mathematicians.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of astrologers.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of astrology.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|mathematics]], [[m|en|mathematical]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of [[m|en|astrology]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mathematician]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|astrologer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}