empiricus

Latin

Alternative forms

• empēricus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirikós), which has in the plural the sense οἱ ἐμπειρικοί (hoi empeirikoí, “the Empiric school of physicians”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /emˈpiː.ri.kus/, [ɛmˈpiːrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /emˈpi.ri.kus/, [emˈpiːrikus]

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	empīricus	empīricī
genitive	empīricī	empīricōrum
dative	empīricō	empīricīs
accusative	empīricum	empīricōs
ablative	empīricō	empīricīs
vocative	empīrice	empīricī

Related terms

• empīrica
• empīricē

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)