ἐμπειρική

See also: ἐμπειρικῇ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirikós): 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

 

• IPA^(key): /em.peː.ri.kɛ̌ː/ → /em.pi.riˈci/ → /em.bi.riˈci/

• (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 • (empeirikḗ) f (genitive ἐμπειρῐκῆς); second declension

1. 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 empeirikḗ	τὼ ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ tṑ empeirikā́	αἱ ἐμπειρῐκαί hai empeirikaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐμπειρῐκῆς tês empeirikês	τοῖν ἐμπειρῐκαῖν toîn empeirikaîn	τῶν ἐμπειρῐκῶν tôn empeirikôn
Dative	τῇ ἐμπειρῐκῇ têi empeirikêi	τοῖν ἐμπειρῐκαῖν toîn empeirikaîn	ταῖς ἐμπειρῐκαῖς taîs empeirikaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐμπειρῐκήν tḕn empeirikḗn	τὼ ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ tṑ empeirikā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s empeirikā́s
Vocative	ἐμπειρῐκή empeirikḗ	ἐμπειρῐκᾱ́ empeirikā́	ἐμπειρῐκαί empeirikaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: empīricē

Adjective

ἐμπειρῐκή • (empeirikḗ)

1. nominative singular feminine of ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirikós)
2. vocative singular feminine of ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirikós)

References

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