măthēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = μαθηματικός, of or belonging to mathematics, mathematical (class.).
I Adj. : mathematica nota, Vitr. 1, 1: artes, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2: cogitatio, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 2: disciplinae, i. e. geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music, geography, optics , Gell. 1, 9, 6.—
II Subst.
A Măthēmătĭcus , i, m.
1 A mathematician , Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 10; id. Ac. 2, 36, 116; id. Tusc. 1, 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 88, 26.—
2 An astrologer (post-Aug.): mathematici, genus hominum potentibus infidum, sperantibus fallax, quod in civitate nostra et vetabitur semper et retinebitur, Tac. H. 1, 22: nota mathematicis genesis tua, Juv. 14, 248; Tert. Apol. 43: qui de salute principis ... mathematicos consulit, cum eo qui responderit, capite punitur, Paul. Sent. 5, 21, 3.—
B Măthēmătĭca , ae, f.
1 Mathematics , Sen. Ep. 88, 23; v. l. măthēmătĭcē ( = μαθηματική, sc. τέχνη).—
2 Astrology : addictus mathematicae, persuasionisque plenus, cuncta fato agi, Suet. Tib. 69.