Almagest
pronunciation
How to pronounce Almagest in British English:
UK [ˈælmədʒest]
How to pronounce Almagest in American English:
US [ˈælməˌdʒɛst]
Word Origin
- almagest (n.)
- late 14c., title of a treatise on astronomy by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria, extended in Middle English to other works on astrology or astronomy, from Old French almageste (13c.), from Arabic al majisti, from al "the" + Greek megiste "the greatest (composition)," from fem. of megistos, superlative of megas "great" (see mickle). Originally titled in Greek Megale syntaxis tes astronomias "Great Composition on Astronomy;" Arab translators in their admiration altered this.
Example
- 1. George peurbach of vienna started to correct the latin translations of the " almagest " .
- 2. Ever since claudius ptolemy published the " almagest " in the second century ad , almost all astronomers had believed that the earth lay at the centre of the universe . The sun , the planets and the stars supposedly revolved around it once a day .