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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛmˈpɛ.dɔ.kɫeːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [emˈpɛː.d̪o.kles]

Proper noun

Empedoclēs m sg (genitive Empedoclis); third declension

Empedocles

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	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.