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

  • τῷ ὄντι δὴ ἀστρονομικόν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὄντα οὐκ οἰεί ταὐτὸν πείσεσθαι εἰσ τὰσ τῶν ἄστρων φορὰσ ἀποβλέποντα; (Plato, Republic, book 7 321:1)
  • Ἀστρονομικὸν α’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 25:2)

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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