Empedocles

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĕmpĕʹdəklēz, IPA(key): /ɛmˈpɛdəˌkliːz/ === Proper noun === Empedocles A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water. A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Empedocles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛmˈpɛ.dɔ.kɫeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [emˈpɛː.do.kles] === Proper noun === Empedoclēs m sg (genitive Empedoclis); third declension Empedocles ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Empedoclēus === References === “Empedocles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Empedocles”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.