gwiazdomówca

Old Polish

FWOTD – 17 October 2023

Etymology

From gwiazda + -o- + mówca. First attested in 1471. Displaced by Polish astrolog. Compare Old English tungolwitga or Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɡvjaːzdɔmɔːft͡sa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɡvjɒzdɔmoft͡sa/

Noun

gwiazdomówca m ?

  1. astrologer
    Synonyms: gwiazdarz, gwiazdownik
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 6:
      Gwyazdomowcza astrologus (taceo de grammaticis, rhetoribus, ... astronomis, astrologis, medicis, quorum scientia mortalibus satis vel utilissima est Prol)
      [Gwiazdomowca astrologus (taceo de grammaticis, rhetoribus, ... astronomis, astrologis, medicis, quorum scientia mortalibus satis vel utilissima est Prol)]
      Gwiazdomowca—astrologer (not to mention grammarians, rhetoricians, astronomers, astrologers, doctors, whose knowledge is of utmost utility to mortals Prol)

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