Erasistratus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρασίστρατος (Erasístratos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.
| Case | 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