Praxiteles

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/ === Proper noun === Praxiteles (Ancient Greece) The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BCE, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. (astronomy) A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter. (astronomy) A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Praxiteles (sculptor) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Praxiteles (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Praxiteles (asteroid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === terapixels == Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [praːkˈsɪ.tɛ.ɫeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [prakˈsiː.te.les] === Proper noun === Prāxitelēs m sg (genitive Prāxitelis); third declension Praxiteles (a celebrated Greek sculptor) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Prāxitelīus ==== Descendants ==== English: Praxiteles French: Praxitèle === References === “Praxĭtĕles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Praxĭtĕlēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,234/1. === Further reading === Praxiteles on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la