mathematica

Interlingua

Noun

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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Latin

Alternative forms

• mathēmaticē

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰeːˈma.ti.ka/, [ma.tʰeːˈma.tɪ.ka]

Noun

mathēmatica f (genitive mathēmaticae); first declension

1. mathematics

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mathēmatica	mathēmaticae
genitive	mathēmaticae	mathēmaticārum
dative	mathēmaticae	mathēmaticīs
accusative	mathēmaticam	mathēmaticās
ablative	mathēmaticā	mathēmaticīs
vocative	mathēmatica	mathēmaticae

Descendants

• English: mathematics
• French: mathématiques
• German: Mathematik
• Italian: matematica

• Portuguese: matemática
• Spanish: matemática
• Romanian: matematică

References

• mathematica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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)