empirice
Latin
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκή (empeirikḗ, “the doctrine of the Empiric school of physicians”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /emˈpiː.ri.keː/, [ɛmˈpiːrɪkeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /emˈpi.ri.t͡ʃe/, [emˈpiːrit͡ʃe]
Noun
empīricē f (genitive empīricēs); first declension
- (medicine) medical empiricism (a system of medicine founded wholly on experience and practice)
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | empīricē | empīricae |
| Genitive | empīricēs | empīricārum |
| Dative | empīricae | empīricīs |
| Accusative | empīricēn | empīricās |
| Ablative | empīricē | empīricīs |
| Vocative | empīricē | empīricae |
Related terms
References
- “empīrĭce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 empīrĭca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “587/1”
- “empīricus · b” on page 606/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
A regularly declined form of empīricus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /emˈpiː.ri.ke/, [ɛmˈpiːrɪkɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /emˈpi.ri.t͡ʃe/, [emˈpiːrit͡ʃe]
Noun
(deprecated template usage) empīrice m