astrologus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈtro.lo.ɡus/, [äs̠ˈt̪rɔɫ̪ɔɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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

Related terms

• astrologia

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus