empiricus
Latin edit
Alternative forms 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) 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)