mathematicus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-06-27
Primary meaning astrologer
Literal translation mathematician
Variants
mathematicus
Edited by
mathematician practitioner
astrologer practitioner

Hi namque nimis altis ac subtilibus disputationibus suis ex ipsis primo mathematicorum responsis quasi per cuniculum quemdam ad labefactandam hanc totam scientiam conantur irrepere;

‘By using far-fetched and extremely theoretical arguments, drawn in the first place from the professional responses of astrologers, these men are trying to creep in, as it were, through an underground passage to undermine and topple the edifice of our science’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.1.2

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.4

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mathematicus (Lemma #861). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/861/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mathematicus (Lemma #861). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/861/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mathematicus (Lemma #861). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/861/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) mathematicus (Lemma #861), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/861/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac861,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mathematicus ({Lemma} #861)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/861/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/861/},
}