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CALCULUS. In Latin calculus means “pebble.” It is the diminutive of calx, meaning a piece of limestone. The counters of a Roman abacus were originally made of stone and called calculi. (Smith vol. 2, page 165).

In Latin, persons who did counting were called calculi. Teachers of calculation were known as calculones if slaves, but calculatores or numerarii if of good family (Smith vol. 2, page 166).

The Romans used calculos subducere for “to calculate.”

In Late Latin calculare means “to calculate.” This word is found in the works of the poet Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, who lived in Spain c. 400 (Smith vol. 2, page 166).

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