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1.
(italics) a Greek work on astronomy by Ptolemy.
2.
(lowercase) any of various medieval works of a like kind, as on astrology or alchemy.
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1350–1400; Middle English almageste < Middle French < Arabic al the + majisṭī < Greek megístē (sýntaxis) greatest (composition)
1350–1400; Middle English almageste < Middle French < Arabic al the + majisṭī < Greek megístē (sýntaxis) greatest (composition)
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almagest
late 14c., treatise on astronomy by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria, extended in M.E. to other works on astrology or astronomy, from O.Fr. almageste, from Arabic al majisti, from al "the" + Gk. megiste "the greatest (composition)," from fem. of megistos, superl. of megas "great" (see
EXPAND mickle). Originally titled in Gk. Megale syntaxis tes astronomios "Great Work on Astronomy;" Arab translators in their admiration altered this.
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