Herophilus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡρόφιλος (Hēróphilos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈro.pʰi.lus/, [heːˈrɔpʰɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.fi.lus/, [eˈrɔːfilus]

Proper noun

Hērophilus m sg (genitive Hērophilī); second declension

1. A celebrated physician, native of Calcedon in Bithynia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hērophilus
genitive	Hērophilī
dative	Hērophilō
accusative	Hērophilum
ablative	Hērophilō
vocative	Hērophile

References

• “Herophilus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray