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Almagest meaning

A comprehensive treatise on astronomy, alchemy, geography and/or mathematics (originally compiled by Ptolemy circa 150 C.E.).

Using Almagest

  • The main meaning on this page is: A comprehensive treatise on astronomy, alchemy, geography and/or mathematics (originally compiled by Ptolemy circa 150 C.E.).
  • In the example corpus, almagest often appears in combinations such as: the almagest, ptolemy's almagest, of almagest.

Context around Almagest

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mathematica 1×

Often after:

itself 1× ptolemy 1× abridgement 1× iii 1× concerned 1× expressed 1×

Sentence patterns with Almagest

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of the almagest 3× as the almagest in greek 1× books of almagest and for 1× in the almagest iv 11 1× in the almagest ptolemy put 1× on the almagest of that 1× peuerbach s almagest abridgement epytoma 1× ptolemy s almagest concerned mathematical 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in later byzantine 2× cameron who analyzed 1× however peuerbach fell 1× it is indeed 1× pappus of alexandria 1× ptolemy describes the 1×

Common sentence endings:

of the almagest 3× otherwise meaning 70 2× a 3438 radius 1× a grand scheme 1× almagest iv 11 1× his own time 1×

Words around Almagest

Just before it in the word index:

almadi 3 almadex 3 almaden 4 almada 11 almack 2 alma 466

Just after it in the word index:

almagia 2 almagro 53 almain 4 almajirai 4 almajiri 28 almajiris 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 20 abbv 20 abdalla 20 abdirahman 20 abdulmalik 20 abhimanyu 20

Corpus analysis for Almagest

  • In this selection, "almagest" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mathematica, itself, ptolemy and abridgement stand out and add context to how "almagest" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the almagest and as the almagest in greek. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "almagest" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with almagest

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Ptolemy describes the details in the Almagest IV.11. (9 words)

During his time in Italy he completed Peuerbach's Almagest abridgement, Epytoma in almagesti Ptolemei. (15 words)

Pappus of Alexandria described it (in his commentary on the Almagest of that chapter), as did Proclus (Hypotyposis IV). (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Recalculating Toomer's reconstructions with a 3600' radius i.e. the radius of the chord table in Ptolemy's Almagest, expressed in 'minutes' instead of 'degrees' generates Hipparchan-like ratios similar to those produced by a 3438' radius. (38 words)

We can evidence historical confusion on this point from Abu Ma'shar's subsequent remark “It is sometimes said that the very learned man who wrote the book of astrology also wrote the book of the Almagest. (37 words)

Cameron, who analyzed Theon's titles for other books of Almagest and for other scholarly texts of late antiquity, concludes that Hypatia corrected not her father's commentary but the text of Almagest itself. (34 words)

Example sentences (16)

Cameron, who analyzed Theon's titles for other books of Almagest and for other scholarly texts of late antiquity, concludes that Hypatia corrected not her father's commentary but the text of Almagest itself.

The rate of precession of one degree every approximately 72 years was not even known when Ptolemy wrote his Almagest in the second century CE.

As with the model of the solar system in the Almagest, Ptolemy put all this information into a grand scheme.

During his time in Italy he completed Peuerbach's Almagest abridgement, Epytoma in almagesti Ptolemei.

Had he been victorious over the Byzantine Emperor, Al-Ma'mun would have made a condition of peace be that the emperor hand over of a copy of the "Almagest".

However Peuerbach fell ill in 1461 and died only having completed the first six books of his abridgement of the Almagest.

In later Byzantine manuscripts of his Syntaxis Mathematica (Almagest), the Hellenistic zero had morphed into the Greek letter omicron (otherwise meaning 70).

In later Byzantine manuscripts of Ptolemy's Almagest, the Hellenistic zero had morphed into the Greek letter omicron (otherwise meaning 70).

Advertentie

It is, indeed, presented as the second part of the study of astronomy of which the Almagest was the first, concerned with the influences of the celestial bodies in the sublunar sphere.

One is the astronomical treatise that is now known as the Almagest (in Greek Η μεγάλη Σύνταξις, "The Great Treatise").

Pappus of Alexandria described it (in his commentary on the Almagest of that chapter), as did Proclus (Hypotyposis IV).

Ptolemy describes the details in the Almagest IV.11.

Ptolemy quotes (in Almagest III.1 (H195)) a description by Hipparchus of an equatorial ring in Alexandria; a little further he describes two such instruments present in Alexandria in his own time.

Ptolemy's Almagest concerned mathematical theories regarding the motion of the planets, whereas the Hypotheses concerned what Ptolemy thought was the actual configuration of the planets.

Recalculating Toomer's reconstructions with a 3600' radius i.e. the radius of the chord table in Ptolemy's Almagest, expressed in 'minutes' instead of 'degrees' generates Hipparchan-like ratios similar to those produced by a 3438' radius.

We can evidence historical confusion on this point from Abu Ma'shar's subsequent remark “It is sometimes said that the very learned man who wrote the book of astrology also wrote the book of the Almagest.

Advertentie

Common combinations with almagest

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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