astronomia Latin · revision 4054

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Seneca the Younger|origins=grc ἀστρονομία}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [as.trɔˈnɔ.mi.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [as.troˈnɔː.mi.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''astronomia''' ''f'' (genitive astronomiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀστρονομία|tr=astronomía|t=astronomy]], from [[m|grc|ἄστρον|tr=ástron|t=star]] and [[m|grc|νόμος|tr=nómos|t=law]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Cassiodorus and Isidore explain the name as “the law of the stars”.^(TLL)^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Seneca the Younger uses it in his Letters, and Petronius has it soon after.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the science of the heavenly bodies.^(OLD 2012) The older word for this was [[astrologia]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore of Seville defines it as the law of the stars, which traces the courses and figures of the constellations around themselves and the earth, and separates it from astrology.^(Isidore)^(TLL) Boethius, Augustine and Jerome also use it.^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it was one of the disciplines of the schools, as in Bede, and was also used for astrology.^(DMLBS)^(MLW) English ''astronomy'' came from Old French about 1200, covering both astronomy and astrology.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca the Younger uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville defines it as the law of the stars.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''astronomy'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

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

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|astrology]].^(MLW)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[astrum]]

+ * [[en|astronomy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}