empiricus
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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) 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.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | empīricus | empīricī |
Genitive | empīricī | empīricōrum |
Dative | empīricō | empīricīs |
Accusative | empīricum | empīricōs |
Ablative | empīricō | empīricīs |
Vocative | empīrice | empīricī |
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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)