adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mathēmaticus1
mathēmaticus (feminine mathēmatica, neuter mathēmaticum)
Classical[ma.tʰeːˈma.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ma.teˈmaː.ti.kus]
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mathēmaticus | mathēmatica | mathēmaticum |
| genitive | mathēmaticī | mathēmaticae | mathēmaticī |
| dative | mathēmaticō | mathēmaticae | mathēmaticō |
| accusative | mathēmaticum | mathēmaticam | mathēmaticum |
| ablative | mathēmaticō | mathēmaticā | mathēmaticō |
| vocative | mathēmatice | mathēmatica | mathēmaticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mathēmaticī | mathēmaticae | mathēmatica |
| genitive | mathēmaticōrum | mathēmaticārum | mathēmaticōrum |
| dative | mathēmaticīs | mathēmaticīs | mathēmaticīs |
| accusative | mathēmaticōs | mathēmaticās | mathēmatica |
| ablative | mathēmaticīs | mathēmaticīs | mathēmaticīs |
| vocative | mathēmaticī | mathēmaticae | mathēmatica |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mathematicorum ratione concludere aliquid
- to draw a mathematical conclusion.
- mathematica (-ae) or geometria (-ae), geometrica (-orum) (Tusc. 1. 24. 57)
- mathematics.
măthēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = μαθηματικός,
I. of or belonging to mathematics, mathematical (class.).
I. Adj.:
mathematica nota, Vitr. 1, 1: artes, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2: cogitatio, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 2: disciplinae, i. e. geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music, geography, optics, Gell. 1, 9, 6.—II. Subst.
A. Măthēmătĭcus, i, m.
2. An astrologer (post-Aug.):
mathematici, genus hominum potentibus infidum, sperantibus fallax, quod in civitate nostra et vetabitur semper et retinebitur, Tac. H. 1, 22: nota mathematicis genesis tua, Juv. 14, 248; Tert. Apol. 43: qui de salute principis ... mathematicos consulit, cum eo qui responderit, capite punitur, Paul. Sent. 5, 21, 3.—B. Măthēmătĭca, ae, f.
2. Astrology:
addictus mathematicae, persuasionisque plenus, cuncta fato agi, Suet. Tib. 69.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinmathēmaticus
Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁-der. Proto-Hellenic *məntʰánō Ancient Greek μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek μᾰ́θημᾰ (mắthēmă) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós)bor. Latin mathematicus Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”).
Descendants
- Frenchmathématiquefrom Middle French mathematique
- Romanianmatematicfrom Middle French mathematique
- Romanianmatematicăfrom Middle French mathematique
- Galicianmatemático
- Northern Samimatematihkkafrom Middle French mathematique
- Turkishmatematikfrom Middle French mathematique