mathesis

See also Mathesis

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mathesis, Middle French mathesie, and their source, Late Latin mathesis (“astrology, liberal arts, science”), from Ancient Greek μάθησις (“learning”), from the same base as μανθάνω (“I learn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /məˈθiːsɪs/, /ˈmaθəsɪs/

Noun

mathesis (uncountable)

1. (now rare) Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning. [from 15th c.]
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     Forget the Boys, forget your loyalties to your Dead, first of all to Rebekah, for she, they, are but distractions, temporal, flesh, ever attempting to drag the Uranian Devotee back down out of his realm of pure Mathesis, of that which abides.

2. The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.) [from 1970s]
   • 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

     I’m using 'mathesis' — a universal science of measurement and order […].

Translations

learning

• German: Mathesis (de) f

Anagrams

• atheisms

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Latin

Noun

mathēsis (genitive mathēsis); f, third declension

1. mathematics
2. astrology
3. science

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mathēsis	mathēsēs
genitive	mathēsis	mathēsium
dative	mathēsī	mathēsibus
accusative	mathēsim mathēsem	mathēsīs mathēsēs
ablative	mathēsī mathēse	mathēsibus
vocative	mathēsis	mathēsēs