Leucippus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Latin Leucippus, from Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos)

Proper noun

Leucippus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Proper noun

Leucippus

1. (philosophy) an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea
2. a son of Hercules

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leu̯ˈkip.pus/, [ɫ̪ɛu̯ˈkɪpːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leu̯ˈt͡ʃip.pus/, [leu̯ˈt͡ʃipːus]

Proper noun

Leucippus m sg (genitive Leucippī); second declension

1. The father of Phoebe and Hilaira, who were carried off by Castor and Pollux
2. A son of Hercules
3. A Grecian philosopher, disciple of Zeno of Elia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Leucippus
genitive	Leucippī
dative	Leucippō
accusative	Leucippum
ablative	Leucippō
vocative	Leucippe

Derived terms

• Leucippis

References

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