mathematicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mathēmaticus (“mathematician”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.teːˈmaː.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧the‧ma‧ti‧cus

Noun

mathematicus m (plural mathematici or mathematicussen, diminutive mathematicusje n)

1. a mathematician, person studying or versed in mathematics

Synonyms

• wiskundige

Related terms

• mathematica
• mathematisch
• mathematiseren
• mathematisme

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.tʰeːˈma.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.teˈmaː.ti.kus]

Adjective

mathēmaticus (feminine mathēmatica, neuter mathēmaticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical.

   Synonym: (Medieval Latin) mathēmaticālis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mathēmaticus	mathēmatica	mathēmaticum		mathēmaticī	mathēmaticae	mathēmatica
genitive	mathēmaticī	mathēmaticae	mathēmaticī		mathēmaticōrum	mathēmaticārum	mathēmaticōrum
dative	mathēmaticō	mathēmaticae	mathēmaticō		mathēmaticīs
accusative	mathēmaticum	mathēmaticam	mathēmaticum		mathēmaticōs	mathēmaticās	mathēmatica
ablative	mathēmaticō	mathēmaticā	mathēmaticō		mathēmaticīs
vocative	mathēmatice	mathēmatica	mathēmaticum		mathēmaticī	mathēmaticae	mathēmatica

Derived terms

• mathēmatica

Descendants

• ⇒ Galician: matemático
• Middle French: mathematique
  • French: mathématique
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: matematikk
      • →? Northern Sami: matematihkka
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: matematikk
      • →? Northern Sami: matematihkka
    • → Romanian: matematic, matematică
    • → Turkish: matematik

Noun

mathēmaticus m (genitive mathēmaticī); second declension

1. mathematician
2. astrologer, wizard

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mathēmaticus	mathēmaticī
genitive	mathēmaticī	mathēmaticōrum
dative	mathēmaticō	mathēmaticīs
accusative	mathēmaticum	mathēmaticōs
ablative	mathēmaticō	mathēmaticīs
vocative	mathēmatice	mathēmaticī

References

• “mathematicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mathematicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mathematicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw a mathematical conclusion: mathematicorum ratione concludere aliquid
    
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary