According to TLG the earliest appearance of the word is in Herodotus 2.109. But it seems that already Pythagoras used it (Ps.-Iambl. Theol. arithm p. 21 De F).
best wishes,
s.chronopoulos
Am 17.10.2011 um 16:07 schrieb Leif Isaksen:
> Hi all
>
> Does anyone know how I might pin down the earliest use of the word
> γεωμετρία? It's not the development of the body of theory I'm
> interested in, so much as use of the actual (or any closely related)
> term.
>
> All the best and thanks in anticipation
>
> Leif
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