Leucippus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin Leucippus, from Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos) === Proper noun === Leucippus m A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily === References === Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN. == English == === Proper noun === Leucippus (philosophy) an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea a son of Hercules == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛu̯ˈkɪp.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leu̯ˈt͡ʃip.pus] === Proper noun === Leucippus m sg (genitive Leucippī); second declension The father of Phoebe and Hilaira, who were carried off by Castor and Pollux A son of Hercules A Grecian philosopher, disciple of Zeno of Elia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Leucippis === References === “Leucippus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Leucippus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.