empiricus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirikós), which has in the plural the sense οἱ ἐμπειρικοί (hoi empeirikoí, “the Empiric school of physicians”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /emˈpiː.ri.kus/, [ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.kʊs]
Noun
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
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | empīricus | empīricī |
| Genitive | empīricī | empīricōrum |
| Dative | empīricō | empīricīs |
| Accusative | empīricum | empīricōs |
| Ablative | empīricō | empīricīs |
| Vocative | empīrice | empīricī |
References
- 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)
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