mathematica

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mathematica f (uncountable)

1. (formal) mathematics

   Synonym: wiskunde

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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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰeːˈma.ti.ka/, [mät̪ʰeːˈmät̪ɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.teˈma.ti.ka/, [mät̪eˈmäːt̪ikä]

Noun

mathēmatica f (genitive mathēmaticae); first declension

1. mathematics

Declension

First-declension noun.

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 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)