astrologus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στρολόγος (astrológos, “astronomer, astrologer”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈtro.lo.ɡus/, [äs̠ˈt̪rɔɫ̪ɔɡʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈtro.lo.ɡus/, [äsˈt̪rɔːloɡus]

Noun

astrologus m (genitive astrologī); second declension

  1. astrologer
  2. astronomer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative astrologus astrologī
Genitive astrologī astrologōrum
Dative astrologō astrologīs
Accusative astrologum astrologōs
Ablative astrologō astrologīs
Vocative astrologe astrologī

Descendants
  • French: astrologue
  • Italian: astrologo
  • Portuguese: astrólogo
  • Romanian: astrolog
  • Spanish: astrólogo
  • Irish: asarlaí
  • Sicilian: stròlicu
  • → Sicilian: astròlucu

References
  • “astrologus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “astrologus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • astrologus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
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