HOROLOGIUM Definition & Meaning

horologium

[ hawr-uh-loh-jee-uhm, hor- ]

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noun

plural horologia

a timepiece, as a clock or sundial, or a building supporting or containing a timepiece.
Horologium, Astronomy. the Clock, a small southern constellation between Eridanus and Dorado.

Horologium

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noun

a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Eridanus and Hydrus

horologium

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noun

a clocktower
Also calledhorologion (in the Eastern Church) a liturgical book of the offices for the canonical hours, corresponding to the Western breviary

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of horologium¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin ��ō��Ǳ��ǲ��ܳ�, from Greek ��ō��Ǳ�ó��ǲ�, equivalent to ��ō��Ǳ�ó��(�ǲ�) “timeteller” (from ��ō��-, combining form of ��ṓr�� “year, season, time of day, right time” + -log-, variant stem of ��é��𾱲� “to count, recount, say, speak, tell” + -os adjective suffix) + -ion diminutive suffix; hour, logos ( def )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of horologium¹

C17: from Latin; see horologe

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Rare books, including Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica and Christiaan Huygens's Horologium Oscillatorium, detailing the invention of the pendulum clock, are also held.

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Mr. Foer discovered the Horologium Florae while compiling an article for the magazine Cabinet, titled “A Minor History of Time Without Clocks.”

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It’s called a Horologium Florae: a flower clock.

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Ask the average and fairly educated classical scholar to translate a few lines for you from Newton's Principia, or from Huygens's Horologium, and you will discover at once what an extremely subordinate rôle the mere knowledge of language plays in such things.

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Reticulum, the Net, is a small constellation to the east of Hydrus and Horologium.

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