| 释义 |
al·ma·gest
\ˈalməˌjest\ noun
(-s)
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: Middle English almageste, from Middle French & Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-majusti the almagest, from al the + Greek megistē (syntaxis) greatest (composition), feminine of megistos, superl. of megas great — more at much
: any of several great early medieval treatises on a branch of knowledge (as the 9th century Arabic translation of Ptolemy's Greek work on astronomy) |