mathesis
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
mathesis mathesis N F :: maths; science; astrology
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
măthēsis: is (with the second syll. short:
I involvit măthĕsi, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 893 al.; Sid. Carm. 5, 131), f., = μάθησις (lit., knowledge, science; hence, in partic.).
I The mathematics, mathesis (late Lat.): quadrifariae mathesis januae, Cassiod. Var. 1, 45; Fulg. Myth. 3, 10.—
II Astrology: mathesin scire, Spart. Hadr. 16; id. Ael. Vel. 3 fin.; Firm. Math. 1 praef. init.; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 479.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
măthēsis, is ou sĕos, acc. sin ou sim, f. (μάθησις), action d’apprendre, connaissance : Cassiod. Var. 1, 45, 5 || astrologie : Firm. Math. 1 præf. ; Spart. Hadr. 16. măthĕsis Prud. Symm. 2, 479 ; 894.
Latin > German (Georges)
mathēsis, eos u. is, Akk in od. im, f. (μάθησις), eig. »Kenntnis, Wissenschaft«; dah. insbes.: I) Mathematik, Cassiod. var. 1, 45, 5. Fulg. myth. 3, 10. – II) Astrologie, Spart. u.a.: matheseos sciens, Iul. Val.: divinae matheseos disciplina, Firm. math. 1. praef. in.: mathesis praescriptum, Prud. c. Symm. 2, 479: mathesin profiteri, Schol. Iuven. 6, 572. – / măthĕsis gemessen, Prud. c. Symm. 2, 479 u. 894. Sidon. carm. 5, 131.
