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

Noun

empīricus m (genitive empīricī); second declension

  1. an empirical physician, an empiric (a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory)
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Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative empīricus empīricī
Genitive empīricī empīricōrum
Dative empīricō empīricīs
Accusative empīricum empīricōs
Ablative empīricō empīricīs
Vocative empīrice empīricī

Descendants
  • → Catalan: empíric (learned)
  • → French: empirique (learned)
  • Galician: empírico
  • Italian: empirico
  • Portuguese: empírico
  • Spanish: empírico

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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