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Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.9.6

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hi dicebantur in eo tempore μαθηματικοί, ab his scilicet artibus quas iam discere atque meditari inceptaverant: quoniam geometriam, gnomonicam, musicam ceterasque item disciplinas altiores μαθήματα veteres Graeci appellabant; vulgus autem, quos gentilicio vocabulo Chaldaeos dicere oportet, mathematicos dicit.

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