Empedocles

See also: Empedoclès

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Empedocles

A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water.
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

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.

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