Heraclitus

== English == === Alternative forms === Heracleitus (after the Classical Greek spelling) === Etymology === From Latin Hēraclītus, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos). === Pronunciation === enPR: hĕr'əklīʹtəs, IPA(key): /ˌhɛɹ.əˈklaɪ.təs/ (Latinate) IPA(key): /he(ɪ).ɹɑ(ː)ˈkli(ː).tus/, /hɛɹ.əˈkli(ː).təs/ (Indic) IPA(key): /hɛrɑ.klɪʈəs/ === Proper noun === Heraclitus A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos), notably borne by Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher. ==== Derived terms ==== Heraclitean ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === archilutes == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heː.raːˈkliː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.raˈkliː.tus] === Proper noun === Hērāclītus m sg (genitive Hērāclītī); second declension An ancient Greek given name. The philosopher Heraclitus. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Heraclitus → French: Héraclite→ German: Heraklit→ Polish: Heraklit→ Turkish: Heraklit → Italian: Eraclito → Portuguese: Heráclito → Spanish: Heráclito === References === “Heraclitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press