Calculus

English-Latin

calculus. n.

1. Medicine | Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.
   • calculus (-i, masc.)
2. Mathematics | A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
   • calculus (-i, masc.)
3. Infinitesimal calculus; the field of mathematics comprising differential calculus and integral calculus.
   • calculus infinitesimalis (-i -is, masc.)

Latin-English

calcŭl|us, -ī. (ˈkal.ku.lus) masc.

1. A small stone or pebble.
2. A kidney stone or bladder stone.
3. A gamepiece, as used in XII scripta and other games.
4. A stone used on a counting-board or abacus.
5. Calculation, reckoning.

[calx.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 8.12:

Qua re nunc saltem ad illos calculos revertamur quos tum abiecimus, ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur sed etiam paulo salubrioribus.

Anyway, because of this we should return to that strategy which we then left behind: we will not merely follow advice that would lead to glory, but also to that which is a bit more advantageous to us.