Salvete omnes. Does anyone know a good website that informs how do simple math in Latin. Latin Wikipedia has some good examples for addition and subtraction but not for multiplication or division.
Example from Latin Wikipedia:
Additio (-onis, f) operatio arithmetica est.
Formula est: summandus + summandus = summa
Lege: quinque et septem sunt duodecim
Scribe (recenti more): 5 + 7 = 12
The examples for subtraction are almost the same as well, but there are no examples for multiplication or division. I thrive and learn on example! If someone could point me in the right direction for a simple formula for multiplication and division I would really appreciate it.
If you go bit further, you can find Latin editions of Euclid’s Elements. The nice thing here is that it’s straightforward (generally) to visualise what the Latin is describing: 1) Puncutm set, cuius pars null.
I didn’t know before this but I see in L&S “mathesis” is just a late-latin synonym (possibly a handier word, as “maths” is sometimes a handier word than “mathematics”). Synonymum justum et serius (forsit venustius) pro mathematicae vocabulo est mathesis, secundum L&S, quod antea ignoravi.
My computer like yours, Ivanus, I believe, “corrects” my Latin into English. It can be a nuisance. My Latin’s bad enough without being made worse. Meum sicut tuum ordinatrum Ivane, ut credo, latinum in anglicum corrigat. Negotiumst! Jam mala sine talibus corrigendis latinitas mea.
