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Heraclitus
Heraclitus
English
Alternative forms
- Heracleitus (after the Classical Greek spelling)
Proper noun
Heraclitus
- An Ancient Greek male given name, notably borne by Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher
Derived terms
Translations
given name
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References
- ↑ “Her·a·cli·tus” listed in the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [4th Ed.]
- ↑ “Her⋅a⋅cli⋅tus” defined by Dictionary.com Unabridged
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heː.raːˈkliː.tus/
Proper noun
Hērāclītus m (genitive Hērāclētī); second declension
- An ancient Greek given name.
- The philosopher Heraclitus.
References
- Heraclitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press