Empedocles

See also: Empedoclès

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĕmpĕʹdəklēz, IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpɛdəˌkliːz/

Proper noun

Empedocles

1. A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water.
2. A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily.

Translations

philosopher

• Armenian: Էմպեդոկլես (Ēmpedokles)

  Old Armenian: Եմպեդոկլէս (Empedoklēs)

• Catalan: Empèdocles m
• Czech: Empedoklés m
• Finnish: Empedokles
• French: Empédocle (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: Εμπεδοκλής (el) m (Empedoklís)

  Ancient: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς m (Empedoklês)

• Hungarian: Empedoklész
• Italian: Empedocle m
• Japanese: エンペドクレス (Enpedokuresu)
• Korean: 엠페도클레스 (Empedokeulleseu)
• Latin: Empedoclēs m
• Polish: Empedokles m
• Russian: Эмпедо́кл (ru) m (Empedókl)
• Serbo-Croatian: Empedokle m, Емпедокле m
• Slovene: Empédoklej m, Empédokles m
• Spanish: Empédocles m
• Tatar: Эмпедокл (Empedoql)
• Ukrainian: Емпедокл m (Empedokl)

Further reading

• “Empedocles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /emˈpe.do.kleːs/, [ɛmˈpɛd̪ɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /emˈpe.do.kles/, [emˈpɛːd̪okles]

Proper noun

Empedoclēs m sg (genitive Empedoclis); third declension

1. Empedocles

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Empedoclēs
Genitive	Empedoclis
Dative	Empedoclī
Accusative	Empedoclem
Ablative	Empedocle
Vocative	Empedoclēs

Derived terms

• Empedoclēus

References

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