Almagest
Definition
A spelling variant used for 'Almagest', the famous mathematical and astronomical treatise written in the 2nd century AD by Claudius Ptolemy in Alexandria. The work represents the ultimate synthesis of ancient Greek astronomy, proposing the geocentric model of the Universe (where the Earth sits unmovable at the center, surrounded by planetary and stellar spheres) that dominated European and Islamic scientific thought for over fourteen centuries until the Copernican revolution.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Almagest
- Almageste
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Proper noun stable in singular syntax, used historically to design a specific book. |
| Formation | Name derived via Latin from the Arabic translation 'al-majisṭī', an alteration of the Greek superlative 'megiste' (greatest), applied to Ptolemy's work. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ˈælmədʒɛst] |
| Source | Oxford Dictionary of Scientists and History of Medieval Science Registers |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În Evul Mediu, textul din Alixăndria sau copiile din Almageste erau studiate intens în marile universități europene.
EN: In the Middle Ages, texts from Alexandria or copies of the Almagest were intensively studied in great European universities.
RO: Copernic a analizat tabelele stelare din Almageste înainte de a-și formula propria teorie heliocentrică.
EN: Copernicus analyzed the star tables within the Almagest before formulating his own heliocentric theory.
RO: Traducerea tratatului Almageste din limba arabă în latină în secolul al XII-lea a declanșat o renaștere a astronomiei apusene.
EN: The translation of the Almagest treatise from Arabic into Latin in the 12th century triggered a revival of Western astronomy.
Idioms & Phrases
Catalogul din Almageste / Almagest star catalogue
RO: Secțiune faimoasă a cărții ce cuprinde pozițiile și magnitudinea a peste o mie de stele grupate în 48 de constelații vechi.
EN: A famous section of the book containing the positions and brightness of over a thousand stars grouped into 48 ancient constellations.
Modelul din Almageste / Ptolemaic Almagest model
RO: Sistem cosmologic complex ce folosea epicicluri și deferente pentru a explica mișcarea retrogradă a planetelor.
EN: A complex cosmological system utilizing epicycles and deferents to explain the retrograde motion of planets.
Traducerea cărții Almageste / Translation of the Almagest
RO: Proces istoric de transmitere a cunoștințelor prin care învățații islamici au salvat și adnotat textul elen.
EN: A historical process of knowledge transmission through which Islamic scholars salvaged and annotated the Hellenic text.
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