astronomia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

astrŏnŏmĭa, ae, f., = ἀστρονομία,

knowledge of the stars , astronomy (for the earlier astrologia, q. v.), Sen. Ep. 95; Petr. 88, 7; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 39.