It is best to refer to him using the usual 16th-century Latin term "mathematicus", as the areas of study to which he devoted his life were very different from those now considered to be the domain of the mathematician.
كثيراً ما يُشار إليه باستخدام المصطلح اللاتيني الذي يعود للقرن السادس عشر "ماثيماتكوس"، فيما كانت مجالات الدراسة التي كرّس حياته لها مختلفة جداً عن تلك التي تُعتبر الآن في مجال الرياضيات.