empiricus
Appearance
Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirikós), which has in the plural the sense οἱ ἐμπειρικοί (hoi empeirikoí, “the Empiric school of physicians”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /emˈpiː.ri.kus/, [ɛmˈpiːrɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /emˈpi.ri.kus/, [emˈpiːrikus]
Noun
[edit]empīricus m (genitive empīricī); second declension
- an empirical physician, an empiric (a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Cornelius Celsus to this entry?)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | empīricus | empīricī |
genitive | empīricī | empīricōrum |
dative | empīricō | empīricīs |
accusative | empīricum | empīricōs |
ablative | empīricō | empīricīs |
vocative | empīrice | empīricī |
Related terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “empīrĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “empiricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- empīrĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 587/1.
- “empīricus · a” on page 606/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)