arithmeticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ritʰˈmeː.ti.kus/, [ärɪt̪ʰˈmeːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ritˈme.ti.kus/, [ärit̪ˈmɛːt̪ikus]

Adjective

arithmēticus (feminine arithmētica, neuter arithmēticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (mathematics) arithmetical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	arithmēticus	arithmētica	arithmēticum		arithmēticī	arithmēticae	arithmētica
genitive	arithmēticī	arithmēticae	arithmēticī		arithmēticōrum	arithmēticārum	arithmēticōrum
dative	arithmēticō	arithmēticae	arithmēticō		arithmēticīs
accusative	arithmēticum	arithmēticam	arithmēticum		arithmēticōs	arithmēticās	arithmētica
ablative	arithmēticō	arithmēticā	arithmēticō		arithmēticīs
vocative	arithmētice	arithmētica	arithmēticum		arithmēticī	arithmēticae	arithmētica

Related terms

• arithmetica

References

• “arithmeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arithmeticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• arithmeticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.