late 14c., title of a treatise on astronomy by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria, extended in Middle English to other works on astrology or astronomy, from Old French almageste (13c.), from Arabic al majisti, from al "the" + Greek megiste "the greatest (composition)," from fem. of megistos, superlative of megas "great" (see mickle). Originally titled in Greek Megale syntaxis tes astronomias "Great Composition on Astronomy;" Arab translators in their admiration altered this.
雙語例句
1. George Peurbach of Vienna started to correct the Latin translations of the " Almagest ".
維也納的喬治?柏巴赫開始校訂《大匯編 》 的拉丁文譯本.
來自辭典例句
2. It explains some terms and concepts in Almagest and cleared up their clue of historical development.