constantine the african

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Definition of constantine the african in English English dictionary

Latin Constantinus Africanus born 1020, Carthage or Sicily died 1087, monastery of Monte Cassino, near Cassino, Principality of Benevento Medieval medical scholar. He was the first to translate Arabic medical works into Latin. His 37 translated books included The Total Art, a short version of the The Royal Book by the 10th-century Persian physician Al ibn al-Abbs, introducing Islam's extensive knowledge of Greek medicine to the West. His translations of Hippocrates and Galen first gave the West a view of Greek medicine as a whole

Hyphenation

Con·stan·tine the Af·ri·can

Turkish pronunciation

känstıntayn dhi äfrıkın

Pronunciation

/ˈkänstənˌtīn ᴛʜē ˈafrəkən/ /ˈkɑːnstənˌtaɪn ðiː ˈæfrəkən/