Heraclitus
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Heracleitus (after the Classical Greek spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin Hēraclītus, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: hĕr'əklīʹtəs,[1] IPA(key): /ˌhɛɹ.əˈklaɪ.təs/[2]
- (Latinate) IPA(key): /he(ɪ).ɹɑ(ː)ˈkli(ː).tus/, /hɛɹ.əˈkli(ː).təs/
Proper noun
[edit]Heraclitus
- An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]given name
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References
[edit]- ^ “Her·a·cli·tus” listed in the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [4th Ed.]
- ^ “Her⋅a⋅cli⋅tus” defined by Dictionary.com Unabridged
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heː.raːˈkliː.tus/, [heːräːˈklʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.raˈkli.tus/, [eräˈkliːt̪us]
Proper noun
[edit]Hērāclītus m sg (genitive Hērāclītī); second declension
- An ancient Greek given name.
- The philosopher Heraclitus.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Hērāclītus |
genitive | Hērāclītī |
dative | Hērāclītō |
accusative | Hērāclītum |
ablative | Hērāclītō |
vocative | Hērāclīte |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Heraclitus
- → French: Héraclite
- → Italian: Eraclito
- → Portuguese: Heráclito
- → Spanish: Héraclito
References
[edit]- “Heraclitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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