| 释义 |
cenˈtiloquy
[ad. L. *centiloquium, f. centum + loqui to speak.]
Name of a work attributed to Ptolemy, consisting of a hundred aphorisms of astrology.
1588J[ohn] H[arvey] Disc. Probleme 113 This is the true..doctrine of Ptolomey as may appear..by his Aphoristicall Centiloquie. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. iii. i. iii. 1635D. Person Varieties ii. 69 Hali the Jew his commentary, upon the centiloquy of Ptolomee. |