| 单词 |
bematist |
| 释义 |
bematist|ˈbiːmətɪst| [ad. Gr. βηµατιστής, f. βηµατίζειν to measure by paces, f. βῆµα pace, step.] An official road-measurer or surveyor in the time of Alexander the Great and the Ptolemies.
1875Encycl. Brit. II. 748/2 The bematists or surveyors of Alexander and the Ptolemies. 1886Sheldon tr. Flaubert's Salammbô x. 242 The bematists of Euergates, who measured the heaven by calculating the number of their paces. |

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