ἐμπειρικοί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its masculine plural forms in elliptical use for οἱ ἰατροὶ ἐμπειρικοί (hoi iatroì empeirikoí, “the physicians who heal based of their experience”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.peː.ri.kǒi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /em.pi.riˈky/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /em.pi.riˈcy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /em.pi.riˈcy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /em.bi.riˈci/
Noun
ἐμπειρῐκοί • (empeirĭkoí) m pl (genitive ἐμπειρῐκῶν); second declension
- the Empiric school of physicians
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | οἱ ἐμπειρῐκοί hoi empeirĭkoí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν ἐμπειρῐκῶν tôn empeirĭkôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς ἐμπειρῐκοῖς toîs empeirĭkoîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς ἐμπειρῐκούς toùs empeirĭkoús | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐμπειρῐκοί empeirĭkoí | ||||||||||||
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Adjective
ἐμπειρῐκοί • (empeirĭkoí)
- nominative plural masculine of ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)
- vocative plural masculine of ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)
References
- “ἐμπειρικός A.2”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press