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The corpus record — Latin

calculator

calculator · m

a computer

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What it meant

calcŭlātor — Lewis & Short

calcŭlātor, ōris, m.calculo,

I a computer, teacher of arithmetic, = logisth/s (post-Aug.), Mart. 10, 62, 4; Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 6. 72; Isid. Orig. 1, 3, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 10, 43.—
II A book-keeper, accountant, Dig. 38, 1, 7, § 5; 27, 1, 15, § 5.

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