Theophrastus

== English == === Proper noun === Theophrastus An Ancient Greek philosopher == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Θεόφραστος (Theóphrastos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰe.ɔˈpʰras.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [te.oˈfras.tus] === Proper noun === Theophrastus m sg (genitive Theophrastī); second declension A Greek philosopher of Eressus, disciple of Plato and Aristotle ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Theophrastus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Theophrastus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.