Erasistratus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρασίστρατος (Erasístratos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.raˈsis.tra.tus/, [ɛräˈs̠ɪs̠t̪rät̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.raˈsis.tra.tus/, [eräˈs̬ist̪rät̪us]
Proper noun
[edit]Erasistratus m sg (genitive Erasistratī); second declension
- A famous physician of Alexandria and founder of a medical school
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Erasistratus |
| genitive | Erasistratī |
| dative | Erasistratō |
| accusative | Erasistratum |
| ablative | Erasistratō |
| vocative | Erasistrate |
References
[edit]- “Erasistratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Erasistratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Erasistratus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Erasistratus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray