μαθηματικός
mathematikos
fond of learning
Appears 166 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μαθηματικός, ή, όν, A. = μαθητικός, fond of learning, Ti. 88c. II. scientific, τὸ μ. εἶδος Sph. 219c; esp. mathematical, μαθηματικός, ὁ, mathematician, Ph. 193b31, EN 1142a17, Acad.Ind.p.16 M., 34: ἡ-κή (sc. ἐπιστήμη) mathematics, 1 tit., Metaph. 1026a14; αἱ -καί ib.26; φιλοσοφία μ. ib.19; τὰ μ. mathematics, EN 1151 a17; also, mathematical entities, Metaph. 1076a17; γραμμὴ μ. a mathematical line, opp. γ. φυσική, Ph. 194a11; κύκλοι μ. Metaph. 1036a4; ἁρμονικὴ ἥ τε μ. καὶ ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀκοήν APo. 79a1: Comp. -κωτέρα ὕλη too mathematical, Metaph. 992b2. Adv. -κῶς ib.995a6, 2.5.1, etc. 2. astronomical, οἱ μ. κανόνες 2.974f; ἡ -κή astronomy, M. 5.104. b. astrological, ἡ μ. τέχνη 9, cf. 19.529; ὁ μ. astrologer, 4.48, M. 5.2, ap. PE 6.1, etc. 3. among the Pythagoreans, οἱ μ. (opp. οἱ ἀκουσματικοί) advanced students, VP 37, VP 18.81.
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