| 释义 |
† logist Obs.
[ad. L. logist-a or Gr. λογιστ-ής, f. λογίζ-εσθαι (see prec.).]
a. An expert reckoner or accountant.
b. Gr. Hist. One of a board of Athenian officials (see quot. 1656).
1570Dee Math. Pref. 5 The common Logist, Recken⁓master, or Arithmeticien, in hys using of Numbers. 1656Blount Glossogr., Logist, he that causeth presidents or notable sayings to be registred, a caster of accounts. The Logists among the Athenians..were ten men..to whom all such as had ended their Office of Magistracy..were to render an account of all such occasions as they had then administration of. 1680J. Aubrey in Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) III. 472 Sr Jonas More was with him [W. Oughtred, mathematician] a good while, and learnt; he was but an ordinary logist before. 1735Dyche & Pardon Dict., Logist, one expert in Computation, or that understands Accompts. |