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arithmetica

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Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), (art of) counting), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, arithmetical), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, number, counting), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (to count, reason).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    arithmētica f (genitive arithmēticae); first declension

    1. (mathematics) arithmetic

    Declension

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative arithmētica arithmēticae
    genitive arithmēticae arithmēticārum
    dative arithmēticae arithmēticīs
    accusative arithmēticam arithmēticās
    ablative arithmēticā arithmēticīs
    vocative arithmētica arithmēticae
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    Descendants

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    See also

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    References

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    • arithmetica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • arithmetica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • arithmetica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • arithmetic: arithmetica (-orum)
    • arithmetica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • arithmetica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin