Almagest


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Almagest /ˈalmədʒɛst/
noun (the Almagest) an Arabic version of Ptolemy's astronomical treatise.
– origin ME: from OFr. almageste, based on Arab., from al ‘the’ + Gk megistē ‘greatest (composition)’.
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