ἐμπειρική

See also: ἐμπειρικῇ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ἡ ἐμπειρικὴ αἵρεσις (hē empeirikḕ haíresis, “the system of philosophic principles based on experience”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.peː.ri.kɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.pi.riˈke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.pi.riˈci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.pi.riˈci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.bi.riˈci/

Noun

ἐμπειρῐκή • (empeirĭkḗ) f (genitive ἐμπειρῐκῆς); second declension

medical empiricism (the doctrine of the Empiric school of physicians)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐμπειρῐκή; τῆς ἐμπειρῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐμπειρῐκή hē empeirĭkḗ	τὼ ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ tṑ empeirĭkā́	αἱ ἐμπειρῐκαί hai empeirĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐμπειρῐκῆς tês empeirĭkês	τοῖν ἐμπειρῐκαῖν toîn empeirĭkaîn	τῶν ἐμπειρῐκῶν tôn empeirĭkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐμπειρῐκῇ tēî empeirĭkēî	τοῖν ἐμπειρῐκαῖν toîn empeirĭkaîn	ταῖς ἐμπειρῐκαῖς taîs empeirĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐμπειρῐκήν tḕn empeirĭkḗn	τὼ ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ tṑ empeirĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s empeirĭkā́s
Vocative	ἐμπειρῐκή empeirĭkḗ	ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ empeirĭkā́	ἐμπειρῐκαί empeirĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: empīricē

Adjective

ἐμπειρῐκή • (empeirĭkḗ)

nominative singular feminine of ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)
vocative singular feminine of ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)

References

“ἐμπειρικός A.2”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press