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noun · masculinesecond declension

empīricus

empīricus m (genitive empīricī)
Classical[ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[emˈpiː.ri.kus]

Meaning

  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)
    Corpora nostra non novimus, qui sint situs partium, quam vim quaeque pars habeat ignoramus; itaque medici ipsi, quorum intererat ea nosse, aperuerunt ut viderentur, nec eo tamen aiunt empirici notiora esse illa, quia possit fieri ut patefacta et detecta mutentur.45 BCE, Cicero, Academica 122
    Quem Apollonius et Glaucias et aliquanto post Heraclides Tarentinus et aliqui non mediocres uiri secuti ex ipsa professione se empiricos appellauerunt.c. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeempīricusempīricī
empēricī
genitiveempīricī
empēricī		empīricōrum
empēricōrum
dativeempīricō
empēricō		empīricīs
empēricīs
accusativeempīricum
empēricum		empīricōs
empēricōs
ablativeempīricō
empēricō		empīricīs
empēricīs
vocativeempīrice
empērice		empīricī
empēricī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

empīricus ī, m
, ἐμπειρικός, a physician guided by experience, empiric.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greek ἐν(en)
  3. Ancient Greek ἐν-(en-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*périh₂
  6. Proto-Hellenic*péřřa
  7. Ancient Greek πεῖρα(peîra)
  8. Ancient Greek -ος(-os)
  9. Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος(émpeiros)
  10. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā)
  11. Ancient Greek ἐμπειρία(empeiría)
  12. Ancient Greek -κός(-kós)
  13. Ancient Greek -ῐκός(-ĭkós)
  14. Latinempīricus

Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)bor. Latin empiricus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós, “experienced”).

Descendants
  • Catalanempíric
  • Frenchempiriquefrom Old French empirique
  • Englishempiricfrom Old French empirique
  • Italianempirico
  • Portugueseempírico
  • Romanianempiric
  • Spanishempírico
  • Galicianempírico

In English words that came into English from empīricus

  • empiricempīricus

Quick answers

What does empīricus mean in Latin?
empīricus, a noun, means “an empirical physician, an empiric (a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory)”.
What is the genitive of empīricus?
The genitive singular is empīricī. empīricus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce empīricus?
In classical Latin, [ɛmˈpiː.rɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [emˈpiː.ri.kus].
Where does empīricus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Ancient Greek ἐν (en) → Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) → Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *périh₂ → Proto-Hellenic *péřřa → Ancient Greek πεῖρα (peîra) → Ancient Greek -ος (-os) → Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος (émpeiros) → Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) → Ancient Greek ἐμπειρία (empeiría) → Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) → Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) → Latin empīricus.