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empiricus
empiricus
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
empīricus m (genitive empīricī); second declension
- 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.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | empīricus | empīricī |
| genitive | empīricī | empīricōrum |
| dative | empīricō | empīricīs |
| accusative | empīricum | empīricōs |
| ablative | empīricō | empīricīs |
| vocative | empīrice | empīricī |
Related terms
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “empīrĭcus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 587/1.
- “empīricus · a” on page 606/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)