noun · femininefirst declension
empīricē
empīricē f (genitive empīricēs)
Classical[ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.keː]Ecclesiastical[emˈpiː.ri.t͡ʃe]
Meaning
- medical empiricism (a system of medicine founded wholly on experience and practice)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | empīricē | empīricae |
| genitive | empīricēs | empīricārum |
| dative | empīricae | empīricīs |
| accusative | empīricēn empīricam | empīricās |
| ablative | empīricē | empīricīs |
| vocative | empīricē | empīricae |
empīrĭce, ēs (-ca, ae, Marc. de Med. 6), f., = ἐμπειρική,
I. empiricism in medicine, i. e. a system founded wholly on practice, Plin. 29, 1, 4, § 5.—Hence, empīrĭcus, i, m., an empiric, a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience only, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122 (in Cels. praef. and 5 init., written as Greek); their writings were called empīrĭca, ōrum, n., Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 120.
Origins
From the Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκή (empeirĭkḗ, “the doctrine of the Empiric school of physicians”).