Heraclitus

English

Alternative forms

Heracleitus (after the Classical Greek spelling)

Etymology

From Latin Hēraclītus, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).

Pronunciation

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

Heraclitus

An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher

Derived terms

Heraclitean

Translations

given name

Armenian: Հերակլիտ (Heraklit)
Old Armenian: Հերակղիտոս (Herakłitos)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 赫拉克利特 (zh) (Hèlākèlìtè)
Czech: Hérakleitos (cs) m, Herakleitos (cs) m
Finnish: Herakleitos
French: Héraclite (fr) m
Georgian: ჰერაკლიტე (heraḳliṭe)
German: Heraklit m
Greek: Ηράκλειτος (el) m (Irákleitos)
Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειτος m (Hērákleitos)
Italian: Eraclito m
Japanese: ヘラクレイトス (Herakureitosu)
Korean: 헤라클레이토스 (Herakeulleitoseu)
Latin: Hēraclītus m
Polish: Heraklit m
Portuguese: Heráclito (pt) m
Russian: Геракли́т (ru) m (Geraklít)
Spanish: Heráclito (es) m
Swedish: Herakleitos
Turkish: Heraklitos, Heraklit, Heraklitus
Ukrainian: Гераклі́т m (Heraklít)
Welsh: Heraclitos m

References

“Her·a·cli·tus” listed in the American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language [4^th Ed.]
“Her⋅a⋅cli⋅tus” defined by Dictionary.com Unabridged

Anagrams

archilutes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /heː.raːˈkliː.tus/, [heːräːˈklʲiːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.raˈkli.tus/, [eräˈkliːt̪us]

Proper noun

Hērāclītus m sg (genitive Hērāclītī); second declension

An ancient Greek given name.
The philosopher Heraclitus.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hērāclītus
Genitive	Hērāclītī
Dative	Hērāclītō
Accusative	Hērāclītum
Ablative	Hērāclītō
Vocative	Hērāclīte

Descendants

→ English: Heraclitus
→ French: Héraclite
- → German: Heraklit
- → Polish: Heraklit
- → Turkish: Heraklit
→ Italian: Eraclito
→ Portuguese: Heráclito
→ Spanish: Héraclito

References

“Heraclitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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