arithmetica

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), (art of) counting), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, arithmetical), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, number, counting), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (to count, reason).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.ritʰˈmeː.ti.ka/, [a.rɪtʰˈmeː.tɪ.ka]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ritˈme.ti.ka/, [a.ritˈmeː.ti.ka]

Noun

arithmētica f (genitive arithmēticae); first declension

  1. (mathematics) arithmetic

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arithmētica arithmēticae
Genitive arithmēticae arithmēticārum
Dative arithmēticae arithmēticīs
Accusative arithmēticam arithmēticās
Ablative arithmēticā arithmēticīs
Vocative arithmētica arithmēticae

Descendants

See also

References

  • arithmetica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arithmetica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arithmetica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • arithmetic: arithmetica (-orum)
  • arithmetica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arithmetica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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