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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

  • ὡσ δ’ αὕτωσ οἱ τὴν γῆν ὅλην ἀναμετροῦντεσ γεωμέτραι προστίθενται ταῖσ τῶν φυσικῶν καὶ τῶν ἀστρονομικῶν δόξαισ, ταῖσ δὲ τῶν γεωμετρῶν πάλιν οἱ γεωγράφοι. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 4:11)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ τῶν Χαλδαίων τῶν ἀστρονομικῶν γένη πλείω· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 12:4)
  • μάλιστα γὰρ δὴ ταύτην κατοικίαν ἱερέων γεγονέναι φασὶ τὸ παλαιὸν φιλοσόφων ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἀστρονομικῶν· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 57:2)

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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