computusn.

Brit.

/kəmˈpjuːtəs/, U.S.

/kəmˈpjudəs/

Forms: 1600s– computus, 1800s– compotus Brit.

/kəmˈpəʊtəs/, U.S.

/kəmˈpoʊtəs/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin computus, compotus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin computus (also compotus) calculation, computation (4th cent.), calculation of Easter (6th cent. in paschalis computus in Dionysius Exiguus), calendar, chronology (8th cent.), account (frequently from 1086 in British sources) < classical Latin computāre compute v. Compare earlier compute n., compot n., compost n.²The Easter tables of Dionysius Exiguus (published in 525) were in use in Western Europe until the Gregorian calendar reform (1582).

Now historical.

1. A calculation, a reckoning; an account; a record of accounts. In later use frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > an account or reckoning

accountc1300

taila1325

laya1400

tale1401

reckoningc1405

tailye1497

accounterc1503

lawing1535

note1587

post1604

chalking1613

tally1614

computus1631

tick1681

tab1889

slate1909

1631 T. Crosfield Diary 13 Sept. (1935) 57 To..set downe in y^e Computus booke y^e Capitall summes.

1714 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 54 For extracting the fifth Root, you will find more than one very compendious Rule.., if any one shall desire to examin the computus of these Tables.

1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 101 It is extreme [sic] difficult, if not impossible, to come at any other computus of the number of inhabitants, much more so of houses, at Constantinople.

1848 P. Bliss Wood's Athenæ Oxonienses 127 note In a computus made in 1576 of the contents of the university chest.

1866 E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. Introd. 10 The Compotus of the churchwardens of Saint Mary's, Stamford.

1887 Northern Notes & Queries Dec. 140 In the public Record Office are the Compotuses of the Embassy.

1938 Downside Rev. 56 393 It may be interesting to study the compotus rolls of these monastic officials to see the kind of work they were called upon to do.

1951 Geogr. Jrnl. 117 280 The All Souls Computus, or bursar's rolls..run from All Souls' Day to the following All Saints' Day.

2002 J. G. Clark Relig. Orders in Pre-Reformation Eng. 26 The compotus rolls do not record the many other casual labourers and hangers-on who spent periods living and working in the precincts.

2. A set of tables used in medieval times for calculating astronomical phenomena and the movable dates of the calendar; a calendar; (also) the system or method used to make such calculations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun]

calendarc1340

calends1470

reckoningc1480

compute1483

compost1535

ephemeris1597

computus1675

year count1894

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical calculation > [noun] > astronomical tables

Arzachel's tablesa1400

collect yearsc1405

Toletan tablesc1405

compute1483

compost1535

regimenta1544

Prutenic tables1599

Prutenics1603

horoscopea1656

computus1675

Alfonsines1710

solar tables1812

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 25 This Computus, or Cycle was observed by the Latine Church, until the correction of the Calendar by Pope Gregory XIII.

1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 191 The Faults of the Computus formed therefrom rarely exceed a quarter Part of what is found in the best Lunar Tables before that time extant.

1832 T. De Quincey James's Hist. Charlemagne in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 795/1 Charlemagne..was familiar with the intricate mathematics and the elaborate computus of Practical Astronomy.

1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 310 The martyrology and computus of Herrand of Landsperg.

1982 Sci. Amer. May 106/1 Clerics trained in the computus, the science of reckoning Easter practiced throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

1999 College Math. Jrnl. 30 201 The computus developed in the Dark Ages for calendar reckoning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	computus
释义	computusn. Brit. /kəmˈpjuːtəs/, U.S. /kəmˈpjudəs/ Forms: 1600s– computus, 1800s– compotus Brit. /kəmˈpəʊtəs/, U.S. /kəmˈpoʊtəs/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin computus, compotus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin computus (also compotus) calculation, computation (4th cent.), calculation of Easter (6th cent. in paschalis computus in Dionysius Exiguus), calendar, chronology (8th cent.), account (frequently from 1086 in British sources) < classical Latin computāre compute v. Compare earlier compute n., compot n., compost n.²The Easter tables of Dionysius Exiguus (published in 525) were in use in Western Europe until the Gregorian calendar reform (1582). Now historical. 1. A calculation, a reckoning; an account; a record of accounts. In later use frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > an account or reckoning accountc1300 taila1325 laya1400 tale1401 reckoningc1405 tailye1497 accounterc1503 lawing1535 note1587 post1604 chalking1613 tally1614 computus1631 tick1681 tab1889 slate1909 1631 T. Crosfield Diary 13 Sept. (1935) 57 To..set downe in y^e Computus booke y^e Capitall summes. 1714 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 54 For extracting the fifth Root, you will find more than one very compendious Rule.., if any one shall desire to examin the computus of these Tables. 1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 101 It is extreme [sic] difficult, if not impossible, to come at any other computus of the number of inhabitants, much more so of houses, at Constantinople. 1848 P. Bliss Wood's Athenæ Oxonienses 127 note In a computus made in 1576 of the contents of the university chest. 1866 E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. Introd. 10 The Compotus of the churchwardens of Saint Mary's, Stamford. 1887 Northern Notes & Queries Dec. 140 In the public Record Office are the Compotuses of the Embassy. 1938 Downside Rev. 56 393 It may be interesting to study the compotus rolls of these monastic officials to see the kind of work they were called upon to do. 1951 Geogr. Jrnl. 117 280 The All Souls Computus, or bursar's rolls..run from All Souls' Day to the following All Saints' Day. 2002 J. G. Clark Relig. Orders in Pre-Reformation Eng. 26 The compotus rolls do not record the many other casual labourers and hangers-on who spent periods living and working in the precincts. 2. A set of tables used in medieval times for calculating astronomical phenomena and the movable dates of the calendar; a calendar; (also) the system or method used to make such calculations. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] calendarc1340 calends1470 reckoningc1480 compute1483 compost1535 ephemeris1597 computus1675 year count1894 the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical calculation > [noun] > astronomical tables Arzachel's tablesa1400 collect yearsc1405 Toletan tablesc1405 compute1483 compost1535 regimenta1544 Prutenic tables1599 Prutenics1603 horoscopea1656 computus1675 Alfonsines1710 solar tables1812 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 25 This Computus, or Cycle was observed by the Latine Church, until the correction of the Calendar by Pope Gregory XIII. 1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 191 The Faults of the Computus formed therefrom rarely exceed a quarter Part of what is found in the best Lunar Tables before that time extant. 1832 T. De Quincey James's Hist. Charlemagne in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 795/1 Charlemagne..was familiar with the intricate mathematics and the elaborate computus of Practical Astronomy. 1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 310 The martyrology and computus of Herrand of Landsperg. 1982 Sci. Amer. May 106/1 Clerics trained in the computus, the science of reckoning Easter practiced throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 1999 College Math. Jrnl. 30 201 The computus developed in the Dark Ages for calendar reckoning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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