mathematicus
εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
măthēmătĭcus: a, um, adj., = μαθηματικο·ς,
I of or belonging to mathematics, mathematical (class.).
I Adj.: mathematica nota, Vitr. 1, 1: artes, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2: cogitatio, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 2: disciplinae, i. e. geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music, geography, optics, Gell. 1, 9, 6.—
II Subst.
A Măthēmătĭcus, i, m.
1 A mathematician, Cic. de Or 1, 3, 10; id. Ac. 2, 36, 116; id. Tusc. 1, 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 88, 26.—
2 An astrologer (post-Aug.): mathematici, genus hominum potentibus infidum, sperantibus fallax, quod in civitate nostra et vetabitur semper et retinebitur, Tac. H. 1, 22: nota mathematicis genesis tua, Juv. 14, 248; Tert. Apol. 43: qui de salute principis ... mathematicos consulit, cum eo qui responderit, capite punitur, Paul. Sent. 5, 21, 3.—
B Măthēmătĭca, ae, f.
1 Mathematics, Sen. Ep. 88, 23; v. l. mă-thēmătĭcē ( = μαθηματική, sc. τέχνη).—
2 Astrology: addictus mathematicae, persuasionisque plenus, cuncta fato agi, Suet. Tib. 69.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
măthēmătĭcus,¹¹ a, um (μαθηματικός),
1 mathématique, qui a rapport aux mathématiques : Vitr. Arch. 1, 1 ; Plin. 30, 2
2 subst. m., mathématicien : Cic. de Or. 1, 10 ; Tusc. 1, 5 || astrologue : Tac. H. 1, 22 ; Juv. 14, 248.
