LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

arithmētica

arithmētica f (genitive arithmēticae)
Classical[a.rɪtʰˈmeː.tɪ.ka]Ecclesiastical[a.ritˈmɛː.ti.ka]

Meaning

  1. arithmetic

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearithmēticaarithmēticae
genitivearithmēticaearithmēticārum
dativearithmēticaearithmēticīs
accusativearithmēticamarithmēticās
ablativearithmēticāarithmēticīs
vocativearithmēticaarithmēticae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

arithmetica (-orum)
arithmetic.

ărithmētĭca, ae, and -ē, ēs, f., = ἀριθμητική (sc. τέχνη),
I. arithmetic, the science of numbers: arithmetica, Sen. Ep. 88; arithmetice, Vitr. 1, 1, and Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 76.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).

Descendants
  • Catalanaritmètica
  • Italianaritmetica
  • Englisharithmeticfrom Old French arismetique
  • Frencharithmétiquefrom Old French arismetique
  • Portuguesearitmética
  • Romanianaritmetică
  • Spanisharitmética
  • Medieval Latinarismetica

In English words that came into English from arithmētica

  • arithmeticarithmētica

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesArithmeticaArithmetica (ἀριθμητική, sc. τέχνη or ἐπιστήυη, Plat. Gory. 450 D, &c.: in Latin, Vitr. 1.1, Plin. Nat. 35.10, 36, § 76: arithmetica as n. pl. in Cic.…

Quick answers

What does arithmētica mean in Latin?
arithmētica, a noun, means “arithmetic”.
What is the genitive of arithmētica?
The genitive singular is arithmēticae. arithmētica is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce arithmētica?
In classical Latin, [a.rɪtʰˈmeː.tɪ.ka]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.ritˈmɛː.ti.ka].