Herophilus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡρόφιλος (Hēróphilos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈrɔ.pʰɪ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.fi.lus] === Proper noun === Hērophilus m sg (genitive Hērophilī); second declension A celebrated physician, native of Calcedon in Bithynia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Herophilus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray