Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀστρονομικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστρονομικός

Structure: ἀστρονομικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)strono/mos

Sense

  1. skilled in astronomy, pertaining to astronomy

Examples

  • τὸν μὲν δὴ γεωγραφοῦντα πιστεῦσαι δεῖ περὶ τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτῷ τάξιν ἀρχῆσ τοῖσ ἀναμετρήσασι τὴν ὅλην γῆν γεωμέτραισ, τούτουσ δὲ τοῖσ ἀστρονομικοῖσ, ἐκείνουσ δὲ τοῖσ φυσικοῖσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 4:1)
  • τοῖσ μὲν οὖν ἀστρονομικοῖσ ἐπὶ πλέον τοῦτο ποιητέον, καθάπερ Ἵππαρχοσ ἐποίησεν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 68:2)

Synonyms

  1. skilled in astronomy

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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