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Empedocles

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See also: Empedoclès

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Empedocles

  1. A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water.
  2. A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Empedoclēs m sg (genitive Empedoclis); third declension

  1. Empedocles

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Empedoclēs
genitive Empedoclis
dative Empedoclī
accusative Empedoclem
ablative Empedocle
vocative Empedoclēs

Derived terms

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References

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  • Empedocles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Empedocles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.