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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin mathēmatica (mathematics), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, mathematical).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌmaː.teːˈmaː.ti.kaː/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧the‧ma‧ti‧ca
  • Rhymes: -aːtikaː

Noun edit

mathematica f (uncountable)

  1. (formal) mathematics
    Synonyms: mathematiek, wiskunde

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  • Indonesian: matematika

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Noun edit

mathematica (plural mathematicas)

  1. mathematics
    Secundo Jamblicho, le mathematica es le medio per qual le anima da unitate a lo diverse e es capabile de rationalisar le ordine de lo sensibile.[1]
    According to Iamblichus, mathematics is the medium by which the soul gives unity to the diverse and is capable of perceiving by reason the order of the sensory.

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Etymology edit

From mathēmaticus (mathematical), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, fond of learning), from μάθημα (máthēma, knowledge, learning).

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Noun edit

mathēmatica f (genitive mathēmaticae); first declension

  1. mathematics

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative mathēmatica
Genitive mathēmaticae
Dative mathēmaticae
Accusative mathēmaticam
Ablative mathēmaticā
Vocative mathēmatica

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References edit

  • mathematica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mathematica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • mathematics: mathematica (-ae) or geometria (-ae), geometrica (-orum) (Tusc. 1. 24. 57)