horologium

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

noun

plural

horologia 

1. a timepiece, as a clock or sundial, or a building supporting or containing a timepiece.

2. Astronomy.,  Horologium, the Clock, a small southern constellation between Eridanus and Dorado.

horologium

¹

/ ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm /

noun

1. a clocktower

2. Also called: horologion. (in the Eastern Church) a liturgical book of the offices for the canonical hours, corresponding to the Western breviary

Horologium

²

/ ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of horologium¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrológion, equivalent to hōrológ(os) “timeteller” (from hōro-, combining form of hṓra “year, season, time of day, right time” + -log-, variant stem of légein “to count, recount, say, speak, tell” + -os adjective suffix) + -ion diminutive suffix; hour, logos ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of horologium¹

C17: from Latin; see _horologe

Example Sentences

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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Horologium, the Clock, is north of Hydra, and south of Eridanus.

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